Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

The Arab League are as bad as the UN. It is always too little and too late.

i would expect little more to happen than some well-targetted air strikes, but quite what that will achieve is another matter ..... all it will effectively be is a slap on the wrist, though i really do not see what else can be done without getting stupid

If they are going to strike then it has to be something important to Assad such as command and control or planes on the ground.

Air strikes well-targetted cynic - you mean as well-targetted as during the war with Iraq when many innocent people and children were murdered and Baghdad was reduced to rubble.

air strikes are never going to 100% accurate, but then nor are they necessarily as inaccurate as portrayed by those targetted

and if you don't like that idea, what do you propose?

I think this country should stay out of it, full stop. If the gung-ho USA want to start throwing their weight around, yet again, then let them get on with it. I don't know why our small country needs to get involved in all these conflicts, it is utter madness in my view, a total waste of lives and money. Could anyone explain to me, at the end of the day, what does it all achieve ? You have Robert Mugabe, on the other hand, getting away with murder and what has been done about his antics - absolutely nothing.

that is just passing the buck - like it or not, uk is a member of the un and the security council, with all the responsibilites that that entails ...... and you don't even answer the question asked!
so, as in school, please answer the question asked, not the one you would like to have been asked
can you manage that simple task?

cynic - don't be such an obnoxious twat! DB answered your question, not his fault you didn't like his answer.

I just said cynic, why can't this country just stay out of it. I have answered your question already - we just stay out of it! We have a veto when a vote is asked for at the UN security council, just the same as when all the members of the UN were asked to vote to go to war in Iraq. Do you honestly think that the majority of people in this country give a toss what goes on in Syria?

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I just so can't believe you used the 'T-word', CC.

And doods is quite right, the vast majority in this country don't give a toss about what happens in Syria.

If the cap fits etc hils :O)

no db did not get within shouting distance of answering the question posed ....

db implied that he did not like the idea of air strikes but declined to say what he would do instead ..... of course he may say that he doesn't give a toss whether or not people are gassed in syria and that THE WORLD should just let them get on with it ..... however, if he does that, he ignores the fact that, like it or not, uk has a responsibility (i assume he actually knows what that means) through its position and involvement in UN, NATO and the security council, or even just as a pretty civilised country .... it follows that just shrugging shoulders and leaving others to clear up is an abdication of that responsibility

and if you want me to get off the fence ..... i don't actually know what should be done, but i don't think that assad should be given free rein to gas the population or do whatever takes his fancy

there is said to be a list of preferred targets that would allegedly have a significant impact, but on what and what would be the perceived impact I really do not know what that might be

PM: Syria Action Would Be To Stop Chemical Use - 56 minutes ago
The Prime Minister has said any action in Syria would be to deter the use of chemical weapons as he blamed a suspected poison gas attack on the Assad regime

The pm Is right in my opinion, as no other buggers do anything. Thank god for Britain and the USA,

Actually I said that this country should stay out out of it - what part of that don't you understand cynic? Stay out of it, no air strikes - nothing. Actually I don't care if people are getting gassed in Syria, I'm sorry to say that but I'm just being honest, it's their problem, why should we get involved in it? Syria couldn't give a toss about what happens in this country - fact. Why does the UK have any responsibility? Where was the USA when we were fighting a lone battle in the second world war? Assad can gas his population if he wants to, quite frankly I don't think it's our problem - there are more important issues in this country to worry about - care of our elderly population being one of many.

The children are innocent as always. They need help.

is that a sop to your conscience? .... and what meaningful gesture will you make to help them?

WW2 - and who were all the appeasers let alone those who were actually pro-nazi? .... the former no doubt opined that hitler should just be allowed to do what he wanted; after all, it was none of UK's problem .... not a million miles from what you write above

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Sadly as perhaps you can, I can only watch. I voted this government in and trust they will make the correct decision. How can you leave all those innocent humans to face a future under a leader that's gone off the rails.

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