I can understand why the British prime minister is confused – with the US both arming and bombing ISIS.
(satire?)
The prime minister, David Cameron, has announced that Parliament is to be recalled on Friday to decide whether British forces should bomb pro-Assad government forces, or anti-Assad rebel forces in Syria.
The decision comes after assurances from the leader of the opposition, Ed Miliband, that his party will support tossing a coin to decide on the issue.
Britain is likely to send RAF Tornado aircraft into action, possibly as early as this weekend, once MPs have decided which side to bomb.
In a short statement, a Downing Street spokesman said:
“The Speaker has agreed to the prime minister’s request to recall parliament this Friday to debate which Syrians the UK should bomb. As soon as we can work that out, we can announce our resolute, firm and unwavering commitment to support whichever side it is we’ve decided to support.”
Mr Cameron’s announcement comes just days after a survey revealed as many…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
Yes, it is confusing. The Americans are now taking out their own weapons which were supplied to Isis to fight Syria.
A kind of musical chairs and we wonder why some of us go mad.
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While all the defense contractors are making a pretty penny.
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As stupid as this all really is at least they are going to debate SOMETHING! Here in the U.S. our Congress went on vacation. The ayes have it!
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They are just a rubber stamp and they know it. This is how bodies behave when they are merely a rubber stamp.
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As the Iranian Ambassador said yesterday – to paraphrase – “You guys are against both sides!”
🙂 Pretty sad.
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It’s like 5 year olds are running the country. Five year olds with a book of matches.
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Just confusing!
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To make it even more confusing, it’s just been revealed that the Free Syrian Army (the rebels being provided arms by the US, NATO and Australia) has signed an non-aggression pact with ISIS.
Go to http://reclaimourrepublic.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/video-syrians-dems-see-u-s-bombing-as-cover-for-assad-overthrow-kurds-desperate-plea-who-is-khorasan-a-surrender-on-iran/ and check out paragraph 3 under Long Term Goal?
In other words, they’re not going to use all these weapons to fight ISIS. They’re going to collaborate with ISIS to overthrow Syria’s democratically elected secular government.
Surely Obama knows this. His intent all along has been to overthrow Assad and install someone more friendly to US interests. Obama’s UN ambassador Samantha Powers said as much in a recent interview: http://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/obamas-un-ambassador-admits-fight-against-isis-designed-to-take-out-assad-in-syria/
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