UK 'cannot rule out arms for Syria'

[Jimbuna]

Why do we feel the need to get involved in everyone else's business?

With all the military cuts we're currently going to we'll certainly have plenty of kit to give away I suppose

Britain cannot rule out providing arms to the Syrian opposition in the future, Foreign Secretary William Hague says.
The situation in Syria now is "too dangerous to the peace and security of that entire region, and thereby to the world, to ignore it", he said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21647014

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Why do we feel the need to get involved in everyone else's business? [...]

I also wonder, since you could help to either install a new dictator or support the old one. And then, after 20 years of faithful service kill him, american style

[Jimbuna]

Politics...don't you just love it

[Skybird]

Somebody has chosen to not learn the lessons of recent history there, and instead to just ignore reality. Or he just assumes that the doctrine of appeasing the rogues in principle is a good idea.

Once again helping to establish another fundamentalist, racist religious tyranny in the ME, after Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, that is hostile to the West and hostile to Israel, is not worth the life of a single Western soldier, and it is not worth a single Western tax cent.

I hate it when smart peanut counters try to demonstrate they can think with their hearts. You do not solve a mathematical equation by reading poems. The massacres of Muslim militias against Christains in Sudan was left unanswered, for exmaple, although it exceeds the Syrian bloodshed in size and bloodtoll by far. So why Syria now? To piss the Russians...?

Meh.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

[...] So why Syria now? To piss the Russians...?

Meh.

By gosh, i guess you are right.
Now, then i think it is a good idea.

[STEED]

As about as subtle as a sledgehammer, Hague backing up Hammond's remarks the other day. Starve the poor with more cuts to their benefits while this Tory scum bags profit in selling arms.

The massacres of Muslim militias against Christains in Sudan was left unanswered, for exmaple, although it exceeds the Syrian bloodshed in size and bloodtoll by far.

What a pile of crap. Then again Skybird did think that the Iranians were backing the Syrian rebels so perhaps he is just really really confused.
Meh
Meanwhile in Sudan the muslims are fighting the foriegn backed muslims in the west, the christians with foriegn backing are fighting the muslims in the east and the muslims and christains are both slaughtering the nomads over grazing rights(and oil) on the ceasefire line between north and south, both with foriegn backing.
Plus of course the christians to the south of Sudan are using foriegn backing to fight the christians in south sudan.
Not of course suggesting that foriegners are acting there because of course such things are only done to annoy the russians apparently

[STEED]

I see we are moving closer to the Syrian civil war issue, first food and medical supply's then armored vehicles and bullet proof vests and yesterday I hear weapons can not be ruled out for the rebels.