UK and the Syria Crisis - Syrian Crisis Update 1

Telegraph: Reports that the UK Government will “ ….supply armoured vehicles and body armour to Syrian opposition forces as it steps up efforts to end a humanitarian crisis of "catastrophic proportions", ”.

Lets Get Real: 

The US/UK are worried that the perception that the West is not helping the Syrian rebels will lead to Al Qaeda supporting  groups getting the credit when Assad falls, this would be a disaster for Western security.   The Syrian Civil War has cost over seventy thousand deaths, and hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been made in to refugees, this has made the region even less secure, the fighting of the Civil War has gone over the borders of Lebanon and Iraq, the Israeli Air Force has had to strike inside Syria to prevent the Assad Regime giving up to date military equipment to its terrorist allies.  This is not Libya folks, the OVAL can not lead from behind, the UK and France can not carry the ball in this latest crisis, when the Assad Regime falls the chemical weapons of Assad will need to be secured against them been given to the Assad's terrorists allies.   The US Department of Defence has planned for over seventy thousand US Soldiers to do this job, it will  cost folks, there will be a threat that the Soldiers could face fire from the Assad and Syrian rebels.   Thus watch this space folks. 

Did the US use torture in Iraq ?

Guardian: Reports on a Guardian/BBC Arabic investigation on the use of torture by the US in Iraq, the article notes the following, “ General David Petraeus and 'dirty wars' veteran behind commando units implicated in detainee abuse  ”. 

Lets Get Real:

In the UK there is judicial investigation on the allegation that the UK used torture in Iraq, while this article looks at the allegations that the US Army used torture to prevent terrorist attacks on Allied Soldiers in Iraq.    The use of torture if it stops UK or US Soldiers getting killed has the full support of this blog, its harsh folks, but after 9/11 one's view changed, seeing people pleading for help on 9/11 in New York and this blog in the UK could do nothing, the brave Firemen and Policemen of NY tried but also faced losses in their effort to help.    Thus after 9/11 this blog is willing to support what works, either saving Soldiers or preventing a major terrorist attack on the West, its a WAR folks, its not a Court House.   The terrorists or rouge nations if they can get their hands on weapons of mass destruction will use them, thus the West has to get its hands dirty, very dirty, no more 9/11's or 7/7s.   

South Korea vs. North Korea - North Korean Crisis

BBC News: Reports that South Korea has stated it will react should North Korea take any military action after North Korea stated that it would would revoke the Armistice that has existed between the South and North since the end of the Korean War in 1953. 

Lets Get Real:

This is typical bluff out of North Korea, the North is acting up because China has agreed to new sanctions after the North Koreans tested a 3rd nuclear device, the North Koreans are not mad, they know should the strike the South the US and its Allies would topple the Stalinist Regime in the North, also China does not want to see millions of starving North Koreans going over the border in to China or a united Korea under the US security cover.   Thus the West should just act as if the North is acting up, do not take any notice, if you feed it with attention it will act up more, if the North is going to act like a out of control child, then the West should be the Victorian father, and send it to its room without any food, in other words the West should not allow itself to be blackmailed by the North, no more food support, lets the North Korean Government feed its own people. 

Obama on the death of Chavez

The White House:  A Statement by President Obama on the death of President Chavez of Venezuela, “ At this challenging time of President Hugo Chavez’s passing, the United States reaffirms its support for the Venezuelan people and its interest in developing a constructive relationship with the Venezuelan government. As Venezuela begins a new chapter in its history, the United States remains committed to policies that promote democratic principles, the rule of law, and respect for human rights. ”. 

Lets Get Real:

This blog goes by the old view that if you cant not say something nice do not say a thing, Chavez was an extreme left wing leader, his friends were Cuba, Nicaragua and Iran, he destroyed the economic structure of Venezuela, its only oil that is keeping the Country going, Chavez will not be missed, it will give Venezuela the chance to rejoin the International System, Chavez was a major league, add your add own insult folks.