o/t hang on to your socks boys, we are now officially at war.

[ragingpup]

This can't be right. We normally only get involved with conflicts like this when there are elections coming up.

Oh!

[Silly-miller]

I think you'll find that the Nazis used quite a lot of Gas during the Holocaust

That’s true but it wasn’t weaponised (not that it makes a difference to the poor victims) kind of sick really when you read about it and see photos *shivers*

[Zilzal]

Our story begins in the 19th Century and runs through until today.

As I have a M.A. in History I am probably best qualified to comment on last night's events.

I'll be holding free tutorials for anyone wanting to know why Syria, why Russia, why French and English involvement, why the Ottoman Empire and the whole of the Middle East.

Tea and coffee will be served along with a selection of biscuits but please, no time-wasters.

P.S. Blair's insane decision to throw in his lot with Bush jnr and invade Iraq is not particularly pertinent to this particular Middle East
but full marks for asking questions. It shows initiative and a commitment to the subject under discussion.

[frogmiller]

How can the world stand by and watch dictators fire chemical weapons at their own people?

Have they done it too many times and should they have been brought to book after the first one was used!

Is it too late to stop them using another by using force against them?

Can Syria be stopped from using chemical weapons by diplomacy?

[Amanda_Hugg_n_Kiss]

People should know by now that you can't trust a word our governments say.

[great_fire]

This can't be right. We normally only get involved with conflicts like this when there are elections coming up.

Oh!

I hardly think this has anything to do with council elections.

[mikemiller]

It's not my socks that I'm worried about, Z!

[ragingpup]

I hardly think this has anything to do with council elections.

Really? Phew. Thank God for that...

[great_fire]

Really? Phew. Thank God for that...

So which elections are you talking about?

[ragingpup]

So which elections are you talking about?

Only the UK national council elections which will spell disaster for the tories if Labour gather further momentum.

But you're right, it'll have nothing to do with that...