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Should we send troops into Syria?
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As we are going on a humanitarian mission we may not need to fire a shot.
Didn't we hear the same when going into Afghanistan.
As we are going on a humanitarian mission we may not need to fire a shot.
Didn't we hear the same when going into Afghanistan.
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No way should we be involved in sending troops to yet another shtihole in the sand to be shot and killed by this load of feuding tribes. Yes, it is terrible what is happening out there but its is not our problem. Let the Arab League or whatever sort it - but not us.
14:00 Tue 13th Nov 2012
No I don't believe it was even said that we "wouldn't fire a shot" in Afghanistan.
Was it?
But this is a different scenario entirely. It would be madness to intervene militarily in Syria, which is after all experiencing a civil war. I don't believe for one moment that that is an option.
However, on the other hand there are considerations such an containment of the conflict, as Sir David says, policing of humanitarian zones, and even just putting the frighteners on Assad and co.
It would be foolish to have no contingency at all. Military assistance in the long run, say after the current regime has been ousted, might be feasible.
It would plainly all be hugely risky however.
Was it?
But this is a different scenario entirely. It would be madness to intervene militarily in Syria, which is after all experiencing a civil war. I don't believe for one moment that that is an option.
However, on the other hand there are considerations such an containment of the conflict, as Sir David says, policing of humanitarian zones, and even just putting the frighteners on Assad and co.
It would be foolish to have no contingency at all. Military assistance in the long run, say after the current regime has been ousted, might be feasible.
It would plainly all be hugely risky however.
I do wish we'd mind our own business, and stop just saying "yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full sir," to the Americans, and traipsing along behind them like their poodle. We dug our heels in when the yanks wanted us to join in over Vietnam - time to dig our heels in again.
The middle east is a powder keg - more so recently than for decades. Leave it alone.
The middle east is a powder keg - more so recently than for decades. Leave it alone.
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