Friday, August 30, 2013

Full circle

Funny how the British government has come to represent the will of the people better than the US government.


I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App:

British Parliament Closes Door On Syria Intervention
by Eyder Peralta

NPR - August 29, 2013

After debating deep into the night, the British House of Commons refused a precursory resolution on military strikes in Syria. The resolution, which failed 272-285, called for a second vote to authorize military action once the U.N. inspectors have issued their findings on whether the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against its own people....

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/29/216933582/british-parliament-rejects-syria-intervention-in-symbolic-vote?sc=17&f=1001

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The fire rises

wow.