Cando - Australia's Voice's Posts

The Syrian situation is worsening. Over 40,000 have fled, around 20,000 have been killed. This includes 500 children. 600 people died under torture. There is only one answer - the overthrow of the evil regime of the dictator, President Bashar al-Aassad. He inherited this from his father - who was even worse than he is. The Western powers, exhausted from their interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, are little inclined to send forces in. The Arab league does nothing. Israel is understandably wary – she quite legitimately fears that the Baathist regime could be replaced by something worse. The UN Security Council is completely impotent. Russia and China have made it clear they will veto any sanctions against the regime. And Australia? There's not much a middle power can do. This is especially so given that the government has completely run down our defence forces. But the government is doing something. They're pursuing their useless exercise in international vanity. They trying