All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

[difficultpickle]

AIBU to think that is what has happened in the House of Commons this evening?

Having listened to the debate today I am truly shocked and saddened by the outcome.

[Crumbledwalnuts]

And where's that overpaid useless Baroness Ashton and the Eu and their foreign that we're all apparently signing up to? Faffing about giving the odd press conference and keeping out of sight. Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy? Once again the people who are supposed to be the hated infidels are supposed to ride to the rescue, the sons of the hated infidels are expected to die without question.

[complexnumber]

The silence from Syria's Arab neighbours is deafening.

(I live in one of them)

[ShellyBoobs]

It's nothing to do with us.

Yes, we should cross to the other side of the road and look away as we walk past.

[Crumbledwalnuts]

The Arab world is doing this. What do you think of that Shellyboobs?

[SubliminalMassaging]

But it's clearly ok for everybody except us to look away?

[Crumbledwalnuts]

Perhaps there's some subliminal culturalism or racism going on here. Perhaps "we" should know better, and we can't expect others to know better. I really, really hope that's not happening - but it's worth examining the process to see if this is at the heart of pro-interventionism.

[difficultpickle]

Sorry, I should of course have asid 'as very widely reported in media outlets' rather than 'as we all know'. It has been very widely reported but of course if you haven't read it then of course you wouldn't know.

[difficultpickle]

I wonder if the silence of neighbours is akin to the silence of African nations in respect of Zimbabwe. They don't want to get involved in case they are next.