Thursday 29 August 2013

Defeat for Cameron: But I'm glad it happened

Last night MP's voted against any military intervention from the UK into Syria, a massive blow to Cameron, but one I am extremely glad of, and I think secretly so is Cameron.

Firstly I think lessons from Iraq have been, even though DC tried to persuade us 'This is not like Iraq', how has Iraq fared since the Western world intervened? Probably more hostile now than ever before.

What's happening in Syria is awful, vile and down right plan disgusting. The pictures, and videos of men, women and children dying is just horrendous, and sickening to see someone do that to their own people.

How would military intervention help them? How would warfare help them? How would the added risk of bombs hitting, and killing them help them? How can anymore blood shed help them?

I'm proud of every MP who voted against last night, I don't care what party, I don't care if you did it just to have a pop at David Cameron, or Tony Blair, it was the right choice to make.

A few months a go I spent a week with ex-military soldiers, wounded soldiers injured from Iraq and Afghanistan, and asked them their opinion on whether we should intervene, as they are the ones who see would, and have seen what happens when the West intervene.

Every single person told me it was the worst thing to do, not only for them, but for the people of Syria, and I couldn't agree more.

One the wounded soldiers said to me the old saying 'You can't fight fire, with fire.'

They also spoke about the cost of intervening militarily, not only in lives, but in money, our economy is starting to head in the right direction, this would put us back trillions upon trillions of pounds, and we owe it to ourselves not to put our hard working class families through anymore hardship.

War only brings blood, death, and sorrow, never peace.

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Syria: Reasons not to intevene

What is currently happening in Syria is an awful, and vile act human kind. It shows what too much power can do to one person.

However, do I believe that Britain, or any other Western country should intervene? No.

How would bombing from the USA, UK, and any other Western Country help the people of Syria? How would it help bring peace the Syrians? Would calm, or anger the Assad Regime? Would it save or kill more lives? And last but not least, can we, or they, actually afford another war?

By the last question I'm not just talking about money, what about lives lost. Can either country really afford anymore lives lost to a war? Can the mother's, children, siblings, and friends afford more heartache at watching their loved ones fighting a war with no real end in sight?

These are the things I hope David Cameron is thinking about, otherwise we might as well have just kept Tony Blair as Prime Minister, because I cannot see a lot of difference between either man at the moment.