Doublespeak

We live in a world full of hypocrisy, not least shown in British politics.

My MP was amongst those who rejected to accept 3,000 unaccompanied children to the UK, back in 2016. Yet, he belongs to a party who's leader stated that we striked Syria recently on humanitarian grounds. So in essence we have the money to bomb a country on humanitarian grounds yet no money to help the very same civilians who require safety from chemical weapons, bombs, bullets and torture.

We also have an opposition leader who was formerly part of the Stop the War Coalition and advocating for no British involvement (and in extension no Western involvement) in Syria militarily yet we hear no words of condemnation of Russian and Iranian terrorism in Syria despite the continuous Russian vetoes at the UN security council. It's ironic how Stop the War activists complain about British and American imperialism but not one word in protest of Russian and Iranian imperialism in Syria. One Russian ambassador stated that "the Syrian people support Russian involvement". Anyone care to find a Syrian that welcomes Russian fighter jets dropping bombs on schools, hospitals and residential areas? (Scrap that, I can imagine all the pro-Assadists being gleeful about bombing "terrorists".)

It would be great to see the opposition leader give alternative solutions to military intervention if that's what he so passionately believes in and change the debate from "let's not intervene militarily" and doing nothing else to paving the way for real change in how British foreign policy deals with the Middle East so that as a country we can intervene in a way he believes is humanely possible. But all we have is an opposition leader who gives talk of diplomacy but when it comes down to it, doesn't walk the walk and a government who bombs and strikes a country on humanitarian grounds as a result of chemical weapon use but doesn't extend the courtesy of helping the very same people who require safety from the very same chemical weapons use we are supposedly making a stand against as well as bombs, bullets and torture. But we also have a government who finds it perfectly acceptable that the Syrian government and its allies use barrel bombs, bullets and torture on Syrians, just as long as it ain't chemical weapons. Go figure.

Saeed al-Masri, one of the White Helmets volunteers, rescues his 3 month old son Ibrahim in Saqba (in Eastern Ghouta), today (06/02/2018) after airstrikes targeted a civilian residential neighbourhood.