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Old 3rd Sep 2013, 20:36
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Roland Pulfrew
 
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Airborne Aircrew

Well said.

I note that some 300 Egyptians died recent clashes or, depending upon preferred reporting, somewhere between a fifth and the same number of casualties as the latest Syrian "chemical" attack and what has the west done about that? Cancelled an exercise. Issued some hard words. But otherwise, ignored it.

Why should we be getting involved in a civil war, where the bad guys are probably worse than the status quo, where some chemical weapons may (or may not) have been used, by a country that, as far as I know, is not a signatory to the chemical weapons ban (so arguably has not broken "international law")? And the West decides we are going to seek to punish the regime in favour of the FSA (Al Qaida).

The bleeding heart liberals have backed the wrong side - again!
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