US/UK attack Syria

[EternalOptimist]

Something similar to what I was saying - I am pretty sure Assad had little to do with the decision to use them, if they were used at all. And if they were used I suspect it had the authorisation of countries outside Syria as it serves their interests best.

yes , but Countries outside Syria cant authorise the Syrian military to do stuff.

The stages of authorisation are lengthy, probably 6 or 7
and thats just for a little bullet

[IRMe]

Soon be time to add 'CONDO' to the watch list on jobswerve et al again. That said the rates that have been on offer recently for Afghanistan have been dreadful, not like the £1k+ pd doing basic sys admin when Iraq was happening.

[Pondlife]

[AtW]

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

[proggy]

Perhaps Mr Cameron and Mr Obama don't want to end up with the reputation of Mr B Liar and Mr Bush. Or maybe, just maybe, they're a bit more decent than their predecessors and would like to try and do things properly this time around; personally I think they've both made mistakes but at the moment I'm still prepared to believe that Cameron and Obama are basically decent individuals trying to make an extremely difficult decision that they both know they can't really get right. Perhaps they wonder whether it's wise to drop bombs in a region that already suffers from a lot of conflict, and perhaps they're concerned that attacking chemical weapons facilities might release huge amounts of poison into the environment and kill thousands more civilians. As usual proggy thinks it's as simple as his own little bundle of nerve endings.

Where did I say we should bomb Syria? I said an intervention.

[AtW]

Where did I say we should bomb Syria? I said an intervention.

It's the same thing really - the days of Western cultural intervention (ie Beatles, ABBA) are long gone - sadly Spice Girls can't deliver the goods now

[EternalOptimist]

Where did I say we should bomb Syria? I said an intervention.

good point. we need someone with a very big mouth who can suck in all those poisonous fumes, and has such a low brain cell count that even a top nerve agent like 007 would never find them.


any volunteers ?

[proggy]

I guess I was right

BBC News - US ready to launch Syria strike, says Chuck Hagel

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said there is "undeniable" proof that Syria used chemical weapons.

I don't like to gloat I will leave it at that

[Paddy]

Just to show what sort of people William Hague and David Cameron are supporting.

You can fast forward to 06:30 if you wish.