The House of Commons will debate tomorrow whether or not to shove a few massive warheads in the direction of President Assad's military bases.
Trouble is, a few civilians will get killed in the process but, hey, that happens in a war.
Except that, this is not a war as such.
It is a civil conflict and, much as we are appalled at the sight of civilians gasping in extremis as a result of chemical warfare, we do not know with any degree of certainty, who launched them.
The argument that only Assad has the rocket bases is specious, we know that a great many types of rocket may be launched from the back of massive trucks and it could just as easily be a cynical move by Al Qaeda elements, killing their own people in order to provoke western intervention.
I am not a pacifist. I do believe in the Aquinan principles.
None of those are met in the case of Syria and Hague's outrage at the fact that these weapons are being used is laughable when you think who it was who dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
So please Google your MP and send him/her a pithy email asking him/her to vote for restraint tomorrow.
And please spread the 'Syria prayer'
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