Syria

[KateLMead]

Mans inhumanity to man. thousands dead, men women and children
I find it difficult to look at this terrible massacre..
And the war is spreading. it will continue to spread as I predicted following B'Liars illegal invasion on Iraq..
Just look at the state of the country today what his invasion has left behind, death, civil war, hardship and misery. All thanks to Tony B'Liar, I leave all the unrest and misery in the Middle East at his feet.. I would like to ask what he has done to earn that ridiculous title of Peace Envoy other than to line his pockets.

[Workingman]

I do not like Blair... he is a traitor and should be charged as such, along with Dubya.

But Iraq was let down big time by G Bush snr and John Major, who left Saddam Hussain in charge after the invasion of Kuwait. Had they done the job properly GW2 would never have happened.

Would the Arab Spring ever happened? Probably. Would it eventually affect Syria? Certainly. Is there an end game? Probably not until all the moderate countries are turned into hardline Islamist states on Europe's doorstep, then the fun begins.

[KateLMead]

It doesn't bear thinking about Frank.

[Workingman]

No, it doesn't, yet our government still lets these people in with open arms.

I hope that I am long gone when it all explodes, but I do fear for my children who will have to deal with my generation's inactivity and politically correct attitudes, even though those are in the minority.

[Suff]

in the end the "moderate" western world has the ability to turn Iran, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan into a nuclear wasteland which could not be safely entered for 200 years or more. With a tiny fraction of the available nuclear arsenal.

All these Islamist idiots need to understand is that the only thing which stops it from happening is that they are no "credible threat" to the western nations. Should they finally be recognised as a "credible threat", then they should ask Japan about resolve of western nations to keep themselves safe and to reduce the lives of armed servicemen/women now, who many have to fight them.

I will probably be long gone before the penny finally drops, but when it does, the middle east will become a radioactive wasteland which nobody will even wish to enter.

Stupid is as stupid does. The mosquito which sucks your blood never thinks about the hand which is there to splat it. Or even that if it becomes a real problem, a new variant of DDT will come to wipe it out.

[cromwell]

They hypocrisy and stupidity of British foreign policy never ceases to amaze me. We are supporting "rebels" in Syria who are Sunni muslims, mostly non-Syrian sunni muslims at that. Who have murdered Syrian Shia muslims and Christians and wish to turn a secular state into a hardline islamic state.
It strikes me that we are dancing to the tune of the Saudis. Whose rulers are Sunni muslims and who control a large part of the world's oil suppies, and who hate Iran, the only Shia ruled state in the world..
If and when Syria falls then Iran is next; and that will NOT be pretty. Iran has sophisticated weaponry and can close down the straits of Hormuz, through which most of the world's oil supplies pass.
Our part in this is shameful. almost as shameful as the silence of the British media who must realise all this, but say nothing about it.

[Suff]

I've said this before, but I'll say it again.

If Syria supported rebels in the UK who were fighting the government to change the regime, it would be an act of WAR.

For those who don't realise, that means we're one of the world's major powers. They can't wage an all out war against the UK and win. We would destroy them.

[pederito1]

On the contrary, Suff I do believe that mosquitos consider the possibility of retribution for their free lunches which is why they go for extremities with a delicate landing and proboscis insertion before injecting their anaesthetic and anticoagulant. Whether or not they know they are putting in viruses or parasites I do not know. I wish we had better hearing to detect when the buzz stops and we know they have landed and like the V1s in WW2 go on alert.
On Syria, does that idiot Hague really believe that the rebels are all jolly nice chaps who will be friendly to the West if they win?

[cromwell]

On Syria, does that idiot Hague really believe that the rebels are all jolly nice chaps who will be friendly to the West if they win?

Exactly! Also, why isn't anyone asking him this?
Is Syria going to end up like Iraq, with murderous Shia / Sunni violence occuring every day of the week? Somebody should ask him that question as well.

[Workingman]

With Hezbollah's Shia fighters going in on Assad's side it is becoming a cross-border war where anything could happen...... and if Israel feels threatened the whole lid could blow off.