Monday 2 September 2013

Syria

President Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry are putting pressure on the Government of another country to change a decision that was democratically made only a few days previously. No - not an African country this time but the UK.

What I found astounding is that Obama has his own vote in his own Government, which we are led to believe is far from a foregone conclusion. Reports say there is a good chance he will lose the vote for permission to bomb the Syrians in order to save them.

I'm left feeling that if our Government HAD voted to strike Syria then we would have been doing it alone without the Americans. Worse than that, if Cameron capitulates and has a second vote in which the hawks win - and the American Government then votes against we would be left an a very sticky wicket care of Obama and co. Cheers guys.

It might be a special relationship, but sometimes it feels like we're being cheated on.