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A "civil war" with many sides and no prospect of resolution.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/heres-how-syria-became-hell-on-earth/ar-AAf8uJ1?li=AAaeUIW&ocid=U142DHP     Here's how Syria became hell on earth Bashar al Assad   One of the many sides             Civil War  "The US and its allies have spent the past four years trying to figure out who to support in the conflict, and how. " That phrase sums it up in a nutshell and even right up to now, the US and its allies still have no idea what they are trying to do, or how to do it. The House of Commons may soon be asked (again) by the government to authorise British military involvement in this conflict. Any United Kingdom politician  voting in favour of authorising such intervention, no matter how limited, will be guilty of committing our service personnel to a civil war where there are numerous hostile combatants all fighting against each other and where ther...

The start of another intervention.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/syria-chemical-weapons-assad_n_3437640.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Obama Authorizes Sending Weapons To Syrian Rebels      "Uncle Sam" paving the way for yet another intervention in a Middle East country. First, a "No fly zone" around the Lebanon,Israel borders extending into Syria and another around the Turkish Syrian border under the guise of "NATO". This lunacy, enthusiastically endorsed by the UK and France, would provide the environment for the un interrupted arming of one or more of the splintered factions of the "rebels" opposed to the Syrian government. It would then not be too long before covert western "special advisers" could be supplemented with regular troops. Barak Obama William Hague with John Kerry We seem to learn nothing from history. The ambiguous "War on terror" in Afghanistan and the futile search for "WMD" in Iraq are...

Hypocrisy fueling escalation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/28/syria-arms-embargo-lifted-mps_n_3345281.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Any move to arm the Syrian opposition would dangerously escalate the violence in the region "Free Syrian Army" fighters  In another example of extreme hypocrisy, the British, the French, the Americans all jump up and down screaming "Support the rebels, provide weapons, Assad must go", while the Israeli's lurk on the margins giving little prods to McCain and Kerry, awaiting the right moment to fully intervene and occupy more territory.  S300 missile defence systems    However, when another player in this tragedy announces that it will honour its current, legal contracts with a foreign government and supply a quantity of S300 missile defence systems, the "western powers" immediately scream "FOUL" and criticise the decision as inflaming the situation, as the White house announces that they are instructing the Pentagon to draw...

William Hague pushing for intervention in Syria.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/27/william-syria-arms-embargo_n_3343336.html?utm_hp_ref=uk  The UK and France have led calls for the embargo to be relaxed. France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, Britain's Foreign Minister William Hague   The British and the French have done more than enough damage in Syria already, dating back as far as 1917. Now this inept Foreign Secretary, in cahoots with French, is itching to get British weapons into the hands of one, or more, of the fragmented elements of the "rebels" fighting Bashar Al-Assad. As is invariably the case with British foreign policy in the Middle east, Britain, (Mr. Hague) has no idea who to give the weapons to or which section, or sections, of the "Opposition", Britain should support. British and French involvement in the Middle East generally is littered with bad judgement leading to bad decisions.  The provision of weapons to any component of the Syrian opposition, would b...