This message has been edited - 27-may-2012 @ 12:55

Originally posted by seoulofgaa:
Democracy is a great thing to fight for and to preserve it. The Syrian people's attempt to overthrow the brutal and cowardly regime is an exaple of amazing bravery.
Should there be airstikes on the Syrian regime? I believed that the Anglo/French millitary support for the rebel movment in Libya was with an element of vengence, to overthrow Gadaffi. Gadaffi's regime of course blow up 2 airliners in the 1980's. One was the Pan-Am Lockerbie disaster and the other a French airliner, which was blown up, killing all on-board.
There may well now be a certain amount of apathy towards helping this democracy movment, amongst the NATO powers, whatever of the apathy of the general Irish public.
A half mesure could be to let arms in to the rebel movment.

Originally posted by yankeelad:
I am quite sure the usual suspect special interest countrys are already involved there my own especially included.Get out of the way and stop cluttering up the scene.The Irish are only a pimple in the ass of the world and stop thinkin we have any say in what is about to go down there

Originally posted by uachtaran:
Was following twitter tonite and many in the Irish media tweeting on Jedward and the Eurovision. Meanwhile 32 children were killed in Syria today. Further to the topics on fads of the Celtic Tiger and Recession the biggest fad of all is our self obsession, insular views where the big story is the idiot that bought or built houses that he can't pay for/or sell. We are still a ----ed up little country dealing with our colonial past which has made most of us obsessed with land and property. When 32 kids have been killed we're more interested in a pair of asexual idiots with zero talent and a product of the z-list celebrity age, where occasionally, if you're lucky you can make it in the "music" industry.When is Ireland going to "take its place among the nations of the earth" in a meaningful sense, and not just a be a boil on the arse of humanity as we are now?

Originally posted by seoulofgaa:
...... the Americans and the EU putting pressure on the Israelis to stop the settlment policies, leading to the creation of a viable Palestinian state.....

Originally posted by An Carta Bui:
The usual anti US/Israel are too busy talking rubbish about the austerity treaty to be bothered about Syria, They are very slow organisiang flotilla to support the Syrian people. But seeing that they supported Syria etc when they atatcked Israel that is understandable

Originally posted by uachtaran:
Was following twitter tonite and many in the Irish media tweeting on Jedward and the Eurovision. Meanwhile 32 children were killed in Syria today. Further to the topics on fads of the Celtic Tiger and Recession the biggest fad of all is our self obsession, insular views where the big story is the idiot that bought or built houses that he can't pay for/or sell. We are still a ----ed up little country dealing with our colonial past which has made most of us obsessed with land and property. When 32 kids have been killed we're more interested in a pair of asexual idiots with zero talent and a product of the z-list celebrity age, where occasionally, if you're lucky you can make it in the "music" industry.When is Ireland going to "take its place among the nations of the earth" in a meaningful sense, and not just a be a boil on the arse of humanity as we are now?

Originally posted by theblack&amber:
And what do you plan to do about this?