Good God there should be a requirement to read the rest of the thread before asking stupid questions, but I suppose thats too much to ask. Lets see, you can take your pick - because its a decentralised command structure and some generals annoyed, because its actually assads brother who has the rockets and the chemicals and a serious grudge, because theyre the only ones who could, because theyve gotten away with it before, because they really wanted those suburbs, and now let me add another one - because they knew the Uk would pussy out of a response and they knew they could get away with it.
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Good God there should be a requirement to read the rest of the thread before asking stupid questions, but I suppose thats too much to ask. Lets see, you can take your pick - because its a decentralised command structure and some generals annoyed, because its actually assads brother who has the rockets and the chemicals and a serious grudge, because theyre the only ones who could, because theyve gotten away with it before, because they really wanted those suburbs, and now let me add another one - because they knew the Uk would pussy out of a response and they knew they could get away with it.
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Thats sorted then. So,when are you deploying to the Syrian theatre??
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I think the point is that none of us know who did it. Logistically more likely to have been Assad or a rouge general but why? Humiliating defeat for the Government tonight, there was no need to rush this but wait for more evidence.
You do realise that the US and France will still go ahead with strikes against Syria don't you?
There's very little chance of the US suddenly changing their stance just because we aren't on board.
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Ignore him, hes just a thread troll... been like that for god know how many pages...
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The night MPs showed they did not like being bounced into a foreign adventure in the mid-east especially when the electorate were against it. Wonders will never cease.
The right thing happened tonight. I just hope DC and the other war mongers actually reflect on it rather than simply view it as a defeat in parliament.
DC's intentions were terrifying. Almost as though he couldn't/wouldn't entertain the myriad of consequences to Syrians, the ME and global stability. Who knows, the wonders might continue and the US might just hold off. I hope so.
DC's intentions were terrifying. Almost as though he couldn't/wouldn't entertain the myriad of consequences to Syrians, the ME and global stability. Who knows, the wonders might continue and the US might just hold off. I hope so.
yeah, its like the way the media call the syrian government 'the regime'. but the Israeli government is not labelled as a crackpot regime even though they regularly 'murder' palestinians and have been proven to have used nasty munitions on civilians (WP).
My impression was Obama was less keen on involvement than Cameron, so logtic may yet prevail. I dread to think where we would be if there was a crazed bible bashing red neck in charge of the US, like Bush !!!!!
doesn't set a good precedent if this is left unchecked... the use of chemical weapons in this way ought to be cracked down on - while there is a risk of fall out from striking storage facilities and the risk of provoking further chemical attacks it isn't something any regime should be allowed to get away with. There were previous small scale incidents where chemical weapons were thought to have been used, then they've tested the waters further with this recent much larger attack (which has really gone too far)... it does require a response.
I guess on one hand its probably better for the UK, for self-interest reasons, to not get involved.... but it isn't good IMO in a more general sense.
I guess on one hand its probably better for the UK, for self-interest reasons, to not get involved.... but it isn't good IMO in a more general sense.
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How we should deal with the US and there use of chemical weapons in Vietnam?
So our democratic government have elected not to use military action against Syria
To the CT nutjobs. Is this stil a conspiracy?Was this all part of the plan? I thought that it was a fore gone conclusion that all the evil money grabbing and corrupt politicians were going to get involved and bomb Syria.
If you could fill me in on what the alternative agenda is now, i would be most grateful.
To the CT nutjobs. Is this stil a conspiracy?Was this all part of the plan? I thought that it was a fore gone conclusion that all the evil money grabbing and corrupt politicians were going to get involved and bomb Syria.
If you could fill me in on what the alternative agenda is now, i would be most grateful.
Who is this 'they' you speak of. There is no evidence (credible) pointing to who is responsible for this, so just who do yo think we need to make a response against ? The fairy god mother ?
We should also then crack down on israel for phosphorus bombing civilians in Gaza and lebanon repeatedly, which is fact that has been proven and one they freely admitted to. Its a war crime and against the geneva convention right..................
Be nice - Rilot A thousand people died to a gas attack which only the SAA have the means to do and youre moaning about WP which has supposedly had such a devastating impact nobody knows if anyone has died from it. Was it 12 at the last best guess? And you think the two are comparable because your anti-israeli BS more than makes up the difference.
How about you take a reality check. It doesn't matter if it was 100 deaths or 100,000 deaths a CW attack is a CW attack. you cannot start going on the war path to Syria when on the other hand you freely chose to ignore the transgressions of another state equally guilty of using chemical weapon systems in the same distasteful way.
you need to calm yourself down and look at facts.
They wanted to but failed.
well looking at the facts WP isn't banned as a CW.
the only ones realistically capable of carrying out an attack like that were the Syrian military - unless you're seriously believing that some dodgy RT footage on youtube or some random news snippets of the rebels having accesses *some* chemical supplies can somehow be used to support some alternative hypothesis that they're behind it... which is, frankly, more than a bit silly
you honestly think that is comparable?