We have discussed Stop The War before , remember Peter Tatchell and the Syrian woman Muzna Al-Naib who challenged a Stop The War meeting and said basically it was a meeting to keep Assad in place and sod the Syrian people suffering.
Diane Abbott car crash interview over a Stop The War / Syria debate (05Nov15) - YouTube
I like this letter which says from a human rights activist to an anti war an activist.
www.syrian-expatriates.org/a-letter-from-a-human-rights-activist-to-an-antiwar-activist-on-syria/
Extract
"So, the West is about to attack. We don’t want foreign military intervention right? Oh but Iranian and Lebanese forces have been there for some time now fighting with The Government’s army, and along with Russia have been arming them with sophisticated weapons. I guess that doesn’t count as foreign because those are not western countries. Israel attacked Syria a few times too but they are not Western so let’s forget about that too.
What’s important now is to stop the West. They’re always looking to start wars. They are the bad guy. So that means Syria must be the good guy. Oh you don’t know much about them. Let me fill you in. There is a dictatorship there. It’s been about 40 years. It comes with all the stuff you expect from good guys, no freedom of expression, no democracy, gross human rights violations, political prisoners, and complete theft of the economy. In fact one guy owns 60% of the entire Syrian economy! Hmm, let me see what else. Oh yeah they were responsible for the killing of an entire city of Hama killing over 20,000 people in 1982 and are a designated a state sponsor of terrorism since 1979. And in case you forgot they attacked, kidnapped, tortured, and killed peaceful protesters for the first 6 months of the conflict while people asked for their basic rights and freedoms. Most recently chemical attacks were used against people while they slept killing over a thousand men, women, and children. In case you were wondering, Syria has the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world.
But they are not the bad guys, right? It’s more important to stop the West because they cause collateral damage. Never mind the existing collateral damage caused by The Government that has reduced a third of the country to rubble and killed tens of thousands in the process. No need to protest against the daily indiscriminate missile strikes being used by Syria’s military because the 3 days of missile strikes by the West will be much worse for the people of Syria."
As with most things it is who is behind the organisations I find interesting such as Corbyn, Andrew Murrey, Tariq Ali, et al. It comes back to political persuasions , let's say write for The Morning Star.
So much has been spoke of regarding Stop The War, including Labour MP's which brings us back to the chasm that divides Labour front and back benches.
