Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2013-09-11-Speech-3-411-000"
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"en.20130911.47.3-411-000"2
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"As the bloodshed continues in Syria, I am distressed by the escalation of killings by both the army and the opposition forces. The use of chemical weapons is a war crime and it appears increasingly likely that the Syrian regime is to blame, with even the Arab League accusing President Assad of genocide. I want the unrest to end in Syria. I want to see the demise of the Assad regime. But, like the majority of the British people, I do not want to see members of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces dragged into the conflict. 179 British servicemen and women died in Iraq, more than all the other EU countries combined. In Afghanistan this figure rises to 444, again more than all the other EU countries combined. I am not an isolationist who does not wish to intervene in Syria merely to protect British lives, but I do not believe that a military response will succeed in bringing an end to the conflict. I also fear the unintended consequences of such an intervention. I am pleased that the British Parliament has spoken against intervention and I hope that this Parliament too will reject the military option."@en1
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