13th April, 2018.
Morning, afternoon, evening …
Which is always something that’s mildly tickled me.
The sheer reach of Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar means I’m getting read by people across the planet.
By people across different time zones.
So … ?
Well … it’s tickled me.
But it does mean saying ‘Hello,’ in a video, rather interesting.
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By the way, have you been keeping an eye on the news?
You’ll be aware — if you have — that there’s increasing demands for action against President Assad’s forces: in reply to his apparently use of chemical weapons against civilians.
Personally?
I really don’t care for the idea of the UK joining any such action.
There’s possibly lots of arguments for doing so.
Assad’s a nasty piece of work: and the war is harming civilians.
Wars ALWAYS harm and kill civilians.
But I personally feel there’s arguments against: even if they’re rather simplistic ones.
One … ? Is simple precedent.
We did nothing after Saddam Hussain’s regime used chemical weaponry agains the small town of
Halabja.
Even when the Western Allies invaded Iraq — in the First Gulf War — they went in being able to show the Ba’athist regime had invaded Kuwait.
Even the Second Gulf War — where the evidence of the regime’s ownership of weapons of mass destruction was extremely shakey — Tony Blair at least tried to persuade the Bush Administration that getting UN approval would be good publicity.
The situation in Syria, now? And the West’s response to it?
I see there’s on-going investigations of President Trump’s election campaign: whether there was Russian involvement with the President’s campaign, or had Russian help.
I believe the West’s response to the situation in Syria has more to do with President Trump’s political problems at home, than it does with any defence of innocent civilians.
That it is spin, in other words. It’s the Trump regime’s attempt to look tough on Russia.
That is NOT a good reason for military action, or for Britain’s involvement*.
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