Gutless. The stench of appeasement

[d000hg]

Even a stuck clock can be right once a day

Sometimes even twice.

[Wanderer]

At least Obama is being honest about it. He kind of admits it actually has nothing to do with Chemical weapons.....

As did George Dubya Bush but Tony bLiar insisted that they made it all about the WMD because the UK government wanted some sort of mandate from the UN and "regime change" wouldn't be a justification for war.

[Zippy]

The House made the right call. Should it be proved that Assad used chemical weapons on his own people we can have another vote.

[MaryPoppins]

The House made the right call. Should it be proved that Assad used chemical weapons on his own people we can have another vote.

Is that what the weapons inspectors are attempting to clarify? Or, are they just going to confirm that chemical weapons are what was used - rather than who used them?

[Mich the Tester]

The House made the right call. Should it be proved that Assad used chemical weapons on his own people we can have another vote.

WZS, and that could be done quickly. I don't think it can be 'proven', but more evidence is needed pointing to his forces, and I think the evidence should be shared quite freely. I don't think any more evidence is needed that chemical weapons are being used; they almost certainly are, but is it really Assad?

Glad to see the Conservative party divided on this; that shows their MPs can actually follow their own conscience, as it should be. The unity of the Labour party and the ragtag collection of shoulder-chip parties just shows how conformist and spineless they all are. I simply cannot believe that every single Labour MP is really against intervention.

[Mich the Tester]

Is that what the weapons inspectors are attempting to clarify? Or, are they just going to confirm that chemical weapons are what was used - rather than who used them?

Ah, there's the problem; the UN inspectors aren't allowed to say whodunnit.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Is that what the weapons inspectors are attempting to clarify? Or, are they just going to confirm that chemical weapons are what was used - rather than who used them?

That's right Zippy, view my previous post which clarifies that the UN will not be able to prove who used them just whether or not they were used.

[amcdonald]

The House made the right call. Should it be proved that Assad used chemical weapons on his own people we can have another vote.

So what do we do if it is proved that one of the terrorist groups involved used chemical weapons, who do we invade then ?

[Mich the Tester]

Let's say Assad has lost control of one of his chemical weapons depots and it's now in the hands of Al-Qaeda and their chums; Assad isn't going to shout out to the world that he's lost control of a depot as that would diminish his position and of course his planet sized ego. Britain piles in and attacks Assad's forces; wouldn't we then be assisting a force that uses chemical weapons as opposed to clamping down on a hideous regime?

[quackhandle]

That's right Zippy, view my previous post which clarifies that the UN will not be able to prove who used them just whether or not they were used.

The UN are just like a parent with two squabbling children:

"I don't care who did to what or who started it, but both to your bedrooms and I don't want a peep out of both of you until bedtime. Then you can come down and say your sorry."

qh