PLASTIC OUTRAGE OVER HOMS

Imagine if Russia had financed a gaggle of internet warriors to post revolutionary tweets to encourage an uprising against The Queen, and then sent its Special Forces to Manchester to arm and advise a violent uprising not only in Manchester but also in Bristol and Leeds.

What would be the reaction here?

How would the Army be used to put down such an uprising?

First, such an uprising would not occur. Russia does not harbour such brazen, arrogant imperialism. A strong defence of its interests, yes. But it would not dream up never mind implement such a plan.

But somebody has.

It was dreamed up in Vauxhall and Langley, and has been implemented across the Arab world.

There is outrage in the British media that the Syrian military is about to take control of Baba Amr in Homs, which has been the focus of the uprising. They have even got Robert Fisk using the emotive word 'cleansing'[1]. There have been widely reported allegations of massacres of children but little if any evidence has been provided to support such claims[2].

But how much outrage would there be if we learned that British Special Forces have been in Syria for months arming and advising the Syrian rebels?

How much outrage would there be if British Special Forces were in Homs and were arrested and imprisoned?

How much outrage would there be if we learned that British Special Forces had been in Homs arming and advising the Syrian rebels, but have now done a runner, leaving the Syrian rebels in Homs up shit creek without a paddle?

How can I ask such questions? Because we were in Libya, fomenting a rebellion, advising that rebellion, arming that rebellion, eventually spending billions bombing and bombing and bombing and bombing and bombing and bombing and bombing and bombing to death the very Libyan civilians we were supposedly protecting. And not only that, the Libyan rebels were from al Qaeda! Now al Qaeda flags flutter over Libya in the North African breeze, while al Qaeda tortures and rapes and executes black Libyans.

And reports published in The Daily Star in January quote unnamed British security officials confirming the presence of British Special Forces in Syria, with the chilling quote

“This is all going like Libya but this will be bigger and bloodier."[3]

So before we all cry and sob and weep and compare Baba Amr to the Warsaw Ghetto, we should be absolutely sure and 100% confident that the blood of innocent Syrian children is not on our hands because our British Special Forces are not in Syria stirring up a humanitarian crisis so we can subsequently claim Responsbility to Protect and either invade or bomb Syria.

Are they?

Or aren't they?

Yes or no.

That is why it is essential that William Hague and/or Phil Hammond make a statement in the House of corrupt wretches Commons about the presence and purpose of British Special Forces in and around Syria.

[1] The Independent, Robert Fisk: The regime calls it 'cleaning', but the dirty truth is plain to see, 01/03/2012

[2] The Truth Serum, SYRIA, DEAD BABIES AND INCUBATORS, 09/02/2012

[3] The Daily Star, SYRIA WILL BE BLOODIEST YET, The Daily Star, 1/1/2012