Reply to: US/UK attack Syria

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I can't actually believe that this has happened and that military action is not an option for the UK - I am in complete shock about this actually. If this is actually the final decision then I have to praise the democratic nature of the decision and say there is hope after all in British politics....

[AtW]

Pretty good democratic result actually - given Iraq "mistake" evidence currently available is piss poor, so it's only right to vote against it. The evidence needs to be so convincing that Bashar Asad would vote himself for the air strikes.

[amcdonald]

Government have lost!

I was going to insert a banana but that may be a bit inappropriate given the circumstances

Thank goodness, still I'm sure they'll find something equally useless to raise the deficit even more

[Paddy]

285 to 272 no doubt they will keep setting the motion until they get the result they want

+1

Yes, 45 minutes and all that again

[Troll]

Government have lost!

I was going to insert a banana but that may be a bit inappropriate given the circumstances

285 to 272 no doubt they will keep setting the motion until they get the result they want

[Paddy]

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Government have lost!

I was going to insert a banana but that may be a bit inappropriate given the circumstances

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Turkey has a bloody huge well equipped army; why don't they get stuck into Assad? Is it because they realise it's a highly dangerous enterprise? Is it possibly because the Turkish military might not support the oh so popular 'Islamist' government in Ankara?

The same could be asked about all the other neighbours - Saudi, Qatar, Jordan etc. The only country that has already got involved is Israel with their attack earlier in the year.....

[Mich the Tester]

Turkey has a bloody huge well equipped army; why don't they get stuck into Assad? Is it because they realise it's a highly dangerous enterprise? Is it possibly because the Turkish military might not support the oh so popular 'Islamist' government in Ankara?

[Mich the Tester]

Bin Laden was a CIA stooge, so yes they can be that short sighted

Yep, but they're Americans that bought MBAs and made crappy cowboy films, we don't need more evidence that they're stupid. Gül, for all his faults has a PhD in industrial engineering; he can read FFS.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Turkey were never arming them, they were more a sympathizer than a supporter, recently they have tried to distance themselves from them.

Perhaps it might have changed a little recently.....

From a controversial source, but nonetheless:

http://rt.com/op-edge/turkey-kurds-rebels-killing-203/

And

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/wo...yria.html?_r=0

[eek]

Indeed...... The current unpopular pro-Islamist president supports the extremists in Syria - quite strange for such a secular country and I hope it changes when he get's the boot next time the elections come round.

That unpopular Turkish prime minister will win the next election so you can hardly call him unpopular. While he is unpopular in the modern town and cities in the countryside he can do no wrong.

There is a general problem around the middle east where the military managed governments have spent decades keeping out of the local fights while their religious leaders wanted them to get involved. Now the countries have religious leaders they wish to join in the local fights much to the military's disgust.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Where did you get that info then? Anyway, maybe he supports them in the same sense as people support footy teams, but does he really arm them? Is he that short sighted?

Recep Tayyip Erdo

have a read.

[RedSauce]

Indeed...... The current unpopular pro-Islamist president supports the extremists in Syria - quite strange for such a secular country and I hope it changes when he get's the boot next time the elections come round.

Turkey were never arming them, they were more a sympathizer than a supporter, recently they have tried to distance themselves from them.

[amcdonald]

Where did you get that info then? Anyway, maybe he supports them in the same sense as people support footy teams, but does he really arm them? Is he that short sighted?

Bin Laden was a CIA stooge, so yes they can be that short sighted