I THOUGHT THAT ONLY THE SYRIAN PEOPLE WOULD DECIDE

I thought that only the Syrian people would decide who will lead them. In 2013 it was found by NATO that President Bashar al Assad had 80% of the Syrian people supporting him, 10% were supporting the Jihadis and 10% were neutral. This is why there has been a massive invasion of Syria by international cutthroat Jihadis for over 4 years: the Syrian people want or prefer Assad. If the Syrian people wanted Assad out he would have gone by now. Nobody would have fought in the Syrian Arab Army against the international cutthroat Jihadis. If the Syrian people wanted Assad out then they would have welcomed the international cutthroat Jihadis, not joined the SAA and killed the international cutthroat Jihadis.

The Syrian people either want or prefer Assad.

But Phil Hammond knows best, and he has decided for the Syrian people!!!

And his decision is that Assad cannot be the future of Syria...and that Assad cannot help in the destruction of Islamic State in his own country, Syria!!!

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must not be part of any future government or participate in the US-led alliance against Islamic State.

[source : ‘Assad cannot be Syria’s future’ – UK & French foreign ministers, RT, http://rt.com/uk/236215-hammond-assad-syrias-future/, 27th February 2015]

This is British Imperialism of the 19th Century reincarnated. That old stiff upper lip, tally ho, jolly spiffing private school/Oxbridge breeding never went away, did it? The uncivilised natives cannot rule themselves, can they?