Syria. Yeah, often used as the blame.
I could point to the lackadaisical acceptance of our government illegally appropriating these regions while fecklessly mass murdering the indigenous people as being partially (if not much more than partially) the general publics fault. A few hundred thousand people protesting outside Downing street in 2003 is hardly representative of the way this nation thinks, recent mass right wing rhetoric would suggest otherwise. But then I'm just simplifying my thought pattern and response based on the perceived intelligence in here, with lovely comments such as "I lean out the window and see them swapping drugs and cash" (or something to that effect, can't be arsed going back up this laughable response chain to get the word for word). I thought the flavour of the day was fecklessly writing off an entire section of society based on the behaviour of a few people I've otherwise never spoken to, nor been around, to confirm either their way of thinking or background. Know what I mean?
Tell ya what, here's a comparison sheet for you:
Civilians killed in Iraq since 2003: ~ 184'000 - 208'000
Civilians killed in the UK since 2003: ~ 60
Not saying anyone is justified - and nobody should die, but the tunnel visioned view of the UK populace on this matter and many other of our forced appropriation of land that's not ours, is hilarious at best.
But it's fine, we're OK doing it because our lot wear uniforms. And who's to question the government and military, eh? Make sure you go buy 11teen trillion red poppies to show your support.
