Jumping the Gun on Syria
Aug-27-2013-Stuart Littlewood
We are now hearing from the government’s media serfs on a regular basis that Syria has not signed up to the Chemical Weapons Convention, as if that settles the matter.
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(LONDON) - British people woke for a second morning to the chilling realisation that the US and UK were not waiting for the results of the UN's enquiries in Syria before launching military intervention. There's also a suggestion that the UN inspection team’s remit does not include determining blame for the chemical attack (if that's what it was).
The BBC has also been telling the nation that there's no legal requirement for the prime minister to consult Parliament before committing an act of war. This sounds incredible. So too does the idea being circulated that a military strike could happen without UN Security Council approval.
