tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post3738700820341326555..comments2024-01-12T18:59:05.080+00:00Comments on Defence With A "C": British Intervention In Syria?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-78422994247543372812013-03-31T22:28:58.663+01:002013-03-31T22:28:58.663+01:00@Chris B. - Bang on the money then...
GNB@Chris B. - Bang on the money then...<br /><br />GNBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-47382728810395082882013-03-31T21:31:34.637+01:002013-03-31T21:31:34.637+01:00@ GNB,
You mean something along the lines of an O...@ GNB,<br /><br />You mean something along the lines of an Oxbridge educated Syrian, or at least one who is well educated and shuttles back and forth to our country on a fairly regular basis?<br /><br />On that account, Dr. Al-Labwani has spent some time in the UK, in between bouts of jail at the hands of Assad.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-41105757285520473712013-03-31T11:49:59.741+01:002013-03-31T11:49:59.741+01:00Very thoughtful post, and I largely agree; where I...Very thoughtful post, and I largely agree; where I would differ very slightly is in how exactly our interests match with those of the US. Certainly, they are very close, but this is our European "Near Abroad" where events have the ability to become quite real threats to us fairly quickly - and that means even if we are not configured to do more, we really ought to know a great deal more and position ourselves to both identify and support the right man for the job...the USA seem to be able to conjure up the standard "Harvard Professor in exile with neo-con funding and sympathies" pretty readily; we need to do the same, but better and starting from a European as opposed to US perspective.<br /><br />Not sure I explained that very well, but I think you will know what I mean.<br /><br />aka GNB Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com