Syria

Get in there boyz.

Lets arm the rebels to the teeth and sort out the region as a whole.

I h8 Assad.

The other guys must be better coz they're not Assad.

Viva la revo, etc.

Keep out of it, we have enough troubles. Barstards are only ungrateful if you do help/interfere

Do they have any oil?

I'm tending to agree with the Russians and Chinese.

From what I've heard from those with first hand experience, Libya is now an absolute mess. You get rid of one dictator and the tribalism erupts for who is going to be the next.

With the waste of untold lives and countless £billions in pointless interventions by the US and Britain in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and now it seems Syria I'm beginning to hate the West too. I'm definately on the side of Russia and China in their stance on Syria.

Thing is, the stance Russia and China are taking has zero to do with what is in the best interests of Syria, or the Syrian people.

China are poo pooing it because it would open the door on similar actions against oppressive regimes elsewhere in the world. Whilst Russia would lose hundreds of millions of £££'s in lost arms sales to Assad.

pepsipete wrote:

Keep out of it, we have enough troubles.  Barstards are only ungrateful if you do help/interfere

looks like we wont be able to avoid confrontation now

Damned if you do & damned if you don't.

I do not see how any kind of military action will improve the situation. It is none of our business keep out.

BOOM.Spend all your money folks,the end won't be long now

Send in UN peacekeepers.

where were the chemical wepaons manufactured ? usa ?

Tringreen wrote:

I'm tending to agree with the Russians and Chinese.

From what I've heard from those with first hand experience, Libya is now an absolute mess. You get rid of one dictator and the tribalism erupts for who is going to be the next.

Exactly what uncle Sam wants. Divide and conquer.

Whats going on in Syria is appalling and the UN should step in and stop it immediately. It shouldn't be down to Britain to get involved, or the yanks whenever there's oil to be had. Time some other cnuts stepped up to the plate methinks.

a nice little place for america to assemble for iran me thinks

Do you ever get the feeling that this planet is in the advanced infancy of terminal meltdown, never to recover?

FFS. Here we go then.

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Yanks moving hardware into and around Turkey and the Med. French readying and moving ships southwards, Russia moving ships to the Med and conveniently starting training exercises, which obviously has nothing to do with getting ready for Kick-Ass 3, the Syrian version. Israel citizens queue for gas-masks in case of Syrian retaliation.

All going swimmingly, isn't it?

I wonder if we could get the Excretia game in before planet earth implodes? Just a thought.

Oh BTW, Rolf Harris is a Pervert - fact.

MPs have voted against military action in Syria.......breaking news.

Bugger! I was planning the interesting ones on my bucket list.

Pleased we ain't going. This ain't our problem. Time we learnt to stay out of fights that don't concern us

Think you could have said "aint going YET". Bets anyone?

Sensiblegreeny wrote:

Think you could have said "aint going YET".    Bets anyone?

I reckon you're spot on there Sensible. Cameron will get his ear bent by Obama and he'll make the decision to go in despite the Commons vote.

Well he has announced that we will not be taking part, would have a job going back on it. Unless circumstances change and there is another vote.

For me, Sarah Wollaston got it right on TV this morning. There was one moment in time where the Western Liberal democracies should have acted immediately and with overwhelming force and that was after Saddam gassed all the Kurds in Halabja in 1985. We didn't, we looked the other way in the name of expediency and from that day forward lost all moral authority to take the righteous high ground.

Nearly 30 years on I clearly remember my absolute fury at seeing the video footage of the event. I can honestly say nothing in my life has ever made me so angry.