http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/world/middleeast/britain-is-latest-power-to-recognize-syrian-opposition-coalition.html?ref=world
Britain has just recently joined the coalition against the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian civil war has been going on for the past 2 years and still the oppressive al-Assad regime is murdering innocent civilians. It took Britain quite a long time though to join the coalition. Maybe they were just waiting to see what opportunities for them come out of this. It's amazing to think that the Syrian government is still killing innocent people even with the majority of the world powers urging them to stop this intolerable bloodshed. These massive uprising represents the free people of the world sticking up for each other and wanting justice, peace, and prosperity. This is something that this part of the world has not seen in decades. I believe Britain saw this injustice and decided to help the coalition in order to limit the casualties of these massacres in Syria. Britain may have just joined this coalition to give itself a good national presence. I guess we will never know.
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WR, you raise a great point here. In the past years, hundreds, if not thousands of civilian lives have been lost due to pointless killings. Syria for many years has been unstable in forms of government, and acts of violence. This in its self is a very demanding and challenging issue. However, I wish to comment of Britain's recent involvement. One of the larger questions challenging countries like Britain and the U.S is global policing involvement. As seen before in Iraq, and other middle eastern countries, larger militaristic super powers like the U.S have joined or "aided" foreign dispute. This is a huge issue that both the U.S and Britain face. In this case Britain has justified its involvement, Britain is saying that the violence, and senseless killings must end, the debatable part is ultimately if Britain SHOULD be there. In this scenario I think foreign peace involvement to stop senseless killings is in fact justified. There intentions are to bring order to a distraught nation or war, and violence. Sufficed to say, I believe foreign involvement is a touchy subject, and the actions took to restore order can be fragile, and often to demanding. I warn Britain for its actions, and think that such a bold insertion should be taken seriously and handled with care.
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