The House of Commons will debate tomorrow whether or not to shove a few massive warheads in the direction of President Assad's military bases.
Trouble is, a few civilians will get killed in the process but, hey, that happens in a war.
Except that, this is not a war as such.
It is a civil conflict and, much as we are appalled at the sight of civilians gasping in extremis as a result of chemical warfare, we do not know with any degree of certainty, who launched them.
The argument that only Assad has the rocket bases is specious, we know that a great many types of rocket may be launched from the back of massive trucks and it could just as easily be a cynical move by Al Qaeda elements, killing their own people in order to provoke western intervention.
I am not a pacifist. I do believe in the Aquinan principles.
None of those are met in the case of Syria and Hague's outrage at the fact that these weapons are being used is laughable when you think who it was who dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
So please Google your MP and send him/her a pithy email asking him/her to vote for restraint tomorrow.
And please spread the 'Syria prayer'
Richard,
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Cheers
Michael.
I have followed this conflict daily for more than a year, as this goes back. It is, imo, a sectarian conflict, as the Sunnis and Shias have been duking it out for centuries and have managed to dupe the man in the White House as well. I pray for all and I pray England and America have the sense not to get involved.
ReplyDeleteAnd also tribal, STM. The west forgets that the Arab world is segmented into a myriad of tribes, most of whom, wish to cut each other's throats.
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ReplyDeleteYes, one of the genius ideas of Mohammed was to get the tribes to stop fighting each other and fight Christians and Jews instead. I guess it worked for awhile. You might like the link above.
STM - but not before he massacred several hundred of his own. Thanks for the link.
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