General Chat

Oh dear! Bottom line, it's just awful, whatever way you look or feel, and I can't begin to imagine what the outcome will be. Syria isn't going to be anything even approaching 'safe' for way into the distant future, so what anyone can do to alter that is ??????
We saw film on the news last night of a tiny boy who had 45% burns after his house had been demolished by an Assad bomb, killing his mother, sisters and grandmother. His father wasn't at home, so at least this poor poor child had some comfort. But hearing him cry was appalling. In the same news we heard, and saw two Afghan soldiers in orange suits sitting in a building waiting for IS to blow them to kingdom come! which of course they did! What in God's name do you do?!

The options now are

(a) praise god and pass the ammunition

(b) ask for an emergency UN resolution

(c) use the UK security apparatus to carry out ex judicial state executions at a cost of a hundred thousand pounds per missile - has no useful effect but mein gott it sure has great feel good factor

(d) pass the buck

I don't think (a) is very far up the agenda.

Anyone keeping an eye on the brewing NI political troubles?

Just another thorn to aggravate us. :-S

yes but the UDF has no capacity for barrel bombs while on video beheadings are going a bit far even for Armagh bombers.

There are two issues,

one, are there elements of the Sinn Fein still going in for a take down ( of course say the proddies only the taigs would do this)

and two the assorted Osbourne social cuts deprive NI of funding for what is supposed to be a devolved issue. Nicola Sturgeon is watching carefully. I suspect that in the end Osbourne will wish he had not done this.

but it is all ripples in a pond compared to Syria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2IUcLt050