My friend Sibyl Ruths words sum up so much so well: This may seem simple almost to the point of naivety. But I feel ashamed to live in an affluent country which underfunds its Health Service, its benefits system and withdraws legal aid from people in order to deny them justice. But which can suddenly decide theres plenty of money to fund killing and destruction. I have no doubt that the regimes that are being fought are unattractive. But I do doubt Western military interventions ability to create stability, peace and justice - as anyone with an awareness of recent political history would. The UK also sells arms to - and trades with - oppressive regimes whenever it feels that this is in its political and/or economic interests. So its sudden concern for human rights, democracy etc is not entirely convincing.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:49:05 +0000
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