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That quote referred to the situation two years after Brexit. ie in three years time.

What workable strategy could realistically be developed? Assad is a brutal dictator and most of the opposition in the western part of the country is potentially equally brutal. Its a nasty civil war with no likely good outcome no matter what the West does. The Americans' strategy seems to be to protect the only moderate grouping - the Kurds in the East of the country.

Seriously? Fisk was allowed in on an Assad approved visit, accompanied by two Assad approved Syrians. Somewhere between 13,000 and 60,000 critics of the regime have been tortured and killed. Dr Rahaibani knows whatever he says is going to be witnessed and recorded by Assad approved visitors. What would you say? What about the absence of dust btw or the fact chlorine has been found in the blood samples of the victims?

Yeah I did. Apparently you did but didn't understand. #usefulidiots https://www.amnestyusa.org/files/mde240162012en.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/07/up-to-13000-secretly-hanged-in-syrian-jail-says-amnesty

Chlorine gas is heavier than air, so it sinks to the lowest level, displacing the air in places like basements. It causes hypoxia. Do you see any dust on the victims bought in in that video? Robert Fisk visited the area accompanied by Syrian Government troops. What exactly did you expect Dr Assim Rahaibani to say to a Western journalist who interviewed him whilst Assad's thugs stood next to him?

Agree with the first part, disagree with the second. There is no good outcome to the mess in syria, which is exactly why the West has mostly stayed out of the conflict, except to tackle IS. The second part of your post is missing the point. The missile attack was about use of chemical weapons, not primarily about Syria. Its crossing a red line. Its the same reason the Skripal attack generated such a widespread, international reaction in the way that Litvinenko and others didn't. It was more important to send a message of consequences if they persisted than about the actual effectiveness of that particular strike.

This man would make a better leader of Labour http://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2018/04/15/3269892836332190396/636x382_MP4_3269892836332190396.mp4

Another investigative journalist dead in Russia. Its a pity people like Bexy can't see the reality of the Putin regime. Drawing equivalence between Johnson who is a buffoon who overstates because he's out of his depth and Lavrov who is an integral part of a sustained concerted campaign of repression is risible. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43781351

Novichok is a convulsant and BZ a paralytic. Its quite possible BZ was administered as an antidote to Novichok.

Being gassed can spoil your mood.

Distortion. The gassing of the Kurds was one atrocity amongst many in the Iran-Iraq war on which killed over 1 million. Halabja directly contributed to political will to create the Convention on Chemical Weapons in 1992.

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Bad outbreak of food poisoning in Gouta yesterday

So working on the bad fish or meal theory, the police officer who was taken ill probably had the same food as the Skripals then? Odd that no-one has thought to withdraw the Zizzi risotto, given the slight fuss its caused https://www.zizzi.co.uk/food#meat-and-fish

It was really just food poisoning? Wow, just wow.

I worked for a Washington DC based organisation for 10 years. Three of my friends / colleagues witnessed the 9/11 plane fly into the Pentagon. They've had people tell them what they saw wasn't real, it was a hologram or that they are deep state agents. There are some real dip****s out there

I don't know. I had a quick look and found national stats but nothing for London specifically. Probably out there if you hunt. There is this table, but its old. I imagine the reductions have continued in line with national trends

Alexander had bigger spears

In 2010 there was 1 police officer to 442 people in the UK. Now there is about 1:550 - almost a 25% difference.

For what its worth I think there is probably symbolism behind this attack. when the leader of the Orange revolution in Ukraine was poisoned Putin used Agent Orange. I wouldnt be surprised if Skripal provided intelligence to Britain on Russian nerve agents and Livinenko on their nuclear programme

Can't see how "more lube butler" is relevant

Interesting. Because the evidence against Russia isnt absolutely watertight the only logical conclusion is the we did it ourselves. If you ever get hit by a car you better hope the judge in the drivers trial doesnt read Craig Murray

Exactly, you have to go on balance of probabilities otherwise you'd do nothing and embolden him even more. Taking the Skripals in isolation the case probably isnt totally conclusive, but as part of a jigsaw of malign activities going back decades, absolutely Putin is guilty. If you only have 70% probability of guilt in one instance you cant judge. If you have 20 examples of similar activity all with 70% probability the evidence is overwhelming. Ask Verbal about the stats!