The UK is poised to ship arms to some rebel factions in Syria as soon as this summer if a planned peace conference in Geneva this month fails to make significant progress, according to British officials. (...)Kan vi være enige om dette:
Britain’s Foreign Office insists that no final decision on whether to arm the rebels has yet been made. But a senior UK diplomat told the Financial Times that Britain could be in a position to arm the rebels this summer if, as many expect, the planned peace conference in Geneva fails to make headway.
“The precise timing has not yet been finalised and no decision has yet been taken. But we are likely to be ... shipping arms to the rebels by August,” the official said.
“What I expect is that over the next two or three months western powers will move low-grade arms supplies in bulk to the rebels. The rebels need ammunition, and a lot of it, just to keep fighting.”
1. Syrere blev ikke slået ihjel i større tal før borgerkrigen.
2. Det er den syriske borgerkrig, der slår syrere ihjel.
3. Hvis en side i borgerkrigen taber, er borgerkrigen slut.
4. Hvis borgerkrigen er slut, slår den ikke flere syrere ihjel.
5. Hvis man forhindrer, at en side taber, forhindrer man også, at borgerkrigen slutter.
6. Hvis man forhindrer, at borgerkrigen slutter, får man flere syrere slået ihjel.
- Så hvis oprørerne har brug for ammunition blot for at blive ved med at kæmpe - "just to keep fighting" - så lad dog være med at give dem det. Hvis altså formålet er at forhindre lidelse og død, og ikke har noget at gøre med en stedfortræderkrig mod Iran.
Hvis man tror, at al-Assad er et monster, som vil slå mange flere ihjel, hvis han vinder, så ja. Men det tror jeg ikke.