Gutless. The stench of appeasement

[DodgyAgent]

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

We send in Riddick, John Macain and the chef from that Battleship

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Then we don't because we'll have to find out who sold them said weapons. And I don't think invading <major nuclear power> is an option.

It is indeed possible that Israel did supply the chemical weapons to Al Qaeda, however, a more likely source is Saudi/Qatar.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

So if the Syrian regime is implicated we invade Syria, anyone else we just ignore them and invade Syria anyway

But if it was the Syrian regime the mostly likely people involved would be the palestinian terrorists proping his regime up

Terrorists aren't well known for following the rules of war, the geneva convention etc

Shows just how much you know about Middle-Eastern politics! Palestinians are against the Assad Regime.

[doodab]

So surely they would have evidence, like pictures of Syrian airforce planes dropping bombs just before the chemicals take effect, or missiles being fired a few seconds before people start coughing their guts out? Show it. You know, I want to be persuaded, for what it's worth.

Apparently the US will release what they have today. So lets wait and see.

[Mich the Tester]

You reckon that's why they cheered?

They cheered because they are career politicians who think life is a game of political points scoring where defeating the government of the day is a great goal in life. They are selected from the same sad little middle class failures that protest against 'the rich' and 'Maggie Fatcher' and destroy war monuments without having any knowledge whatsoever of being on the wrong end of poverty or war. I wonder how many people died in Syria while the Labour backbenches were cheering? Bloody hell, I'm opposed to a military intervention at the moment as well, but cheering?

[Mich the Tester]

Apparently the US will release what they have today. So lets wait and see.

Indeed, and then vote again.

[amcdonald]

Shows just how much you know about Middle-Eastern politics! Palestinians are against the Assad Regime.

Tell that to Hezbollah

[darmstadt]

I'm all for some 'intervention' as the use of chemical weapons on innocent people is disgusting but first you need to have undeniable proof of who did it and as of yet, there is none. Once it has been ascertained who committed the acts then:

(a) if it was the rebels, how do you attack them?
(b) if it was Assad, where do you attack, and how without also incurring civilian casualties?

If the Americans do decide on a pre-emptive strike without the full facts and incur casualties on the wrong side, how will they explain that away?

I think one of the reasons the vote went the way it did is due to the lies told by Blair (and continues to perpetrate) and so peoples confidence and trust is no longer there.

[DodgyAgent]

It is indeed possible that Israel did supply the chemical weapons to Al Qaeda, however, a more likely source is Saudi/Qatar.

It is obvious isn't it. The kids gassed themselves (was it deliberate or an accident?) during a chemistry lesson. So we need to hang the teacher or the headmaster. Or is it more sinister than that? Do you think that Bunsen bloke left a "bug" in his technology designed to break out when the world was on the edge of war in the middle east?

[minestrone]

The US probably fancies its chances at bombing a cease fire out of Assad in a matter of days.

If they can do that then we are going to look like first class idiots.