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If David Cameron had had his way- and not been thwarted by a free vote in Parliament- we would now be fighting alongside the Syrian rebels who include Mr Baghdadi's Islamic State. What a difference a year makes. Now the rebels are the bad guys and young Brits who are doing exactly what Cameron wanted the British armed forces to do are being criminalized.

I notice we're hearing much less now about what a genocidal bastard Assad is. The media- in deference to the weathercock change in government policy- have piped down about his atrocities. Instead they're going on about the wickedness of Baghdadi's lot. Look, they chop people's heads off and oppress women- how very medieval of them! (Just like our very good friends the Saudis- only lets not talk about that.)

Date: 2014-08-25 11:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
I've just read an illuminating article by Paul Vallely in the Independent about how Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been pouring billions into the Syrian opposition and are now going "Whoops!"

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