Syrians now taken to the streets... what next?

[Bobbisox]

Do we go in there too?
also rioting in Cairo,
I think the Arab situation is getting out of control and we should be seen to step away from it and let the Arab League deal with their own.
How would we like if we were sick and tired of the way our countryis being run and the AL took it upon themselves to police us?

[trt]

Quite agree Bobbisox, and don't forget Bahrain and the Yemen.

[ummmm]

I can't see our government shooting innocent protesters...

[Bobbisox]

the last part of my Qs was hypothetical, we are a democracy so it would never happen but we can not be seen as the aggressors toward the Arab Nations

[Bobbisox]

the arab population th

[ummmm]

It's easy to pose a hypothetical question with the knowledge that it will never happen to us.

[Bobbisox]

and you are entitled to such an opinion and I believe the Arab League should deal with any loose canons such as Gaddafi

[Bobbisox]

pixi I doubt the sort of thing happening in the Arab countries will ever happen here, of cause I don't know for sure but it seems highly unlikely

[Bobbisox]

maybe th but I am entitled to that opinion am I not?

[Davethedog]

This intervention was done on the understanding that the uprising had mass popular support. If it doesn't or Gadaffi wins we are inbetween a rock and a hard place.

So on one hand we are stopping many civilians dying on the other hand we are getting another Iraq.

I am not quite sure whi is in the Arab league and if they could intervene.

As other Despots around the world do as much as Gadaffi is doing, and indeed have done for much longer, you have to question why we decided to intervene in this one.

[Bobbisox]

you are using this thread th as a point scoring exercise instead of a debate imo
that said, I am happy to debate the issue

[Bobbisox]

Black Gold Dave?

[Bobbisox]

sorry I should have said for another 10 minutes!