How should the British Government react to Syrian Atrocities?

[Carakeel]

Following the unbelievable atrocities in Syria, where government forces have brutally murdered around 90 people, among them over 30 children under 10 yrs of age, cutting their throats etc, how do you think the British government should react to this? What would you like to see put in place in response to what Assad has had done there?

[Carakeel]

DT, I don't think our values have gone down at all. It is an arab problem and it is the arabs who should take actions to sort it out! We can not and should not continue to get involved. Our involvement in the civil wars in other countries in the past years have never ended up well, have cost so many of our soldiers their lives and have in no way helped our reputation, the economy or the problems we face here in the UK. As long as we keep taking responsibility for the problems in foreign countries and keep meddling in their affairs, their own governments will do nothing!!! After all, why should these foreign governments spend their money on their own people when they can get the Brits, the Americans etc to spend theirs tring to sort the troubles out? In addition we then end up having to foot the bill for all the illegal immigrants from these countries who see us as easy money source. Our main values and our main respnsibilities lie within our own country and there is more than enough that needs to be improved and sorted out here!

[tamborine]

Leave it to our armed muslims to help their brothers

[jabuchanjx]

I agree we need to stay out of the troubles that are forming in the other countries that do not directly involve us. When it came to the bombing of the world Trade Towers, it not only involved American’s it involved several countries that housed their offices in those buildings. When we invaded Iraq to go after Saddam Hessian, I still feel it was a witch hunt. America wanted to right a wrong from Dessert Storm when we made him pull out of Kuwait but failed to reduce his power. It was not Saddam who ordered the bombing of the towers and the Pentagon. I feel for the peoples of Syria, but here too, we need to focus on our home problems and straighten them out. History has shown as long as we and the UK intervene and supply money etc their own government will not stop and they will only grow to hate us and view us as being or trying to be dominate over them. Pushing our way on them as being the only way.

[Carakeel]

I totally agree!