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Boris Johnson: Don't arm the Syria maniacs
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Arming the Syrian rebels would be disastrous because Britannia would be "pressing weapons into the hands of maniacs", says Boris Johnson.The Mayor of London warns  David Cameron... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... that the UK must not use Syria as an "arena for muscle-flexing" and says that any weapons sent to the country's opposition could end up in the hands of al-Qaeda. His comments come after several leading figures opposed any move by Mr Cameron to join President Barack Obama ...I am not a dictator! in providing greater assistance to the forces fighting Bashir al-Assad, the Syrian leader. President Vladimir Putin  ...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...of Russia, whose nation provides arms to the Assad regime, criticised the Prime Minister for considering arming rebels who "eat the organs" of their enemies. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg also cautioned Mr Cameron against arming the Free Syrian Army, saying that if it were a good idea, Britannia would have done it already. The former head of the Army, Lord Dannatt, said he feared any such assistance would lead Britannia into further intervention, while the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, urged Mr Cameron to "tread very warily". Posted by: Fred 2013-06-17 |
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