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Corbyn has not defended Russia's actions, he has condemned them, but he has also said that intervention by other countries has led to civilian deaths and the countries involved should be held accountable. That said, Russia is deliberately targeting civilians, hospitals etc while the other forces are trying to minimise civilian casualties, so Russia should be condemned in stronger terms. Not that any condemnation will stop them, or the US, or the UK, or any of the other countries involved.

Why does Iran never get a mention? It is doing just as much to arm Assad as Putin is.
Not defending Russia. Saying others are just as bad. A ceasefire means everyone, not just Russia.
There was a US drone flying over when the ceasefire was on.
That was a problem as well.

No one I can see on here has posted any words supporting Russia. What is happening is appalling. I wrote about the US jets purely to see if anyone else had read it. However this idea that it is someone else's responsibility to demonstrate and that shouting about this makes you somehow a better person is ridiculous. It isn't Stop The War's responsibility to act as your conscience.
All of the actions of all of the factions involved in this war are disgusting and it is the people of Syria who suffer. As the US and UK consider even more bombing you can only think that the country of Syria is being used as a place for experimenting with weapons and making fortunes for the arms manufacturers. Cut off the supply of arms and the conflict will finish.

an American voter when asked his opinion of Trump's recorded conversation on his attitude with women replied - nothing wrong with it, he is just an alpha male .

I realised then talking to that man was no different to talking to Corbynites,

Sometimes this thread gets surreal

Yes, when a man who calls Hamas his friends is defended against the chairperson of the all party human rights committee , a woman who knows more about the Middle East than the bestest friend of Hamas does.

djen and any other posters on here who are saying that 'others are just as bad' (so the UK is just as bad as what Russia is doing daily?!) are frankly in denial about the role that Russia is playing and the slaughter ON PURPOSE that they are taking part in. Stop The War is only really interested in any aggression as they see it by the West, and would not condemn Russia.They are a right shower ( as my Grandad would have said.)

rosesarered I suggest you look at "We are many" a film about the international protest about the Iraq war. Stop The War is an international movement not simply a UK one. wearemany.com/

Darkess cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. The beauty of nonviolence is that in its own way and in its own time it seeks to break the chain reaction of evil’’.

Martin Luther King, Where Do We Go From Here?

This argument may well become academic as Johnson is clearly considering the possibility of military intervention, although I am sure he has cleared it with his boss as I'm sure May has refuted the idea.

Then why are they ignoring Anne Clwyd ?

How the white Helmets can be praised for digging little ones out of bomb sites and Russia defended for carrying out the bombing by the same Corbynites beggers belief

Corbyn does not want demonstrations against Russia because they share political ideals ,

Trisher tell the children in Syria that , it will take away their fears of being blown to bits, maimed and or orphaned

Why are you ignoring the fact that Stop the war says that everyone should stop selling arms to the middle east?
EVERYONE, Russia, the US, the UK, France, etc.

Roses, the UK promotes war in the middle east by proxy.
It sells weapons to all countries but mainly Saudi Arabia.
That is a war crime.

I do not defend Russia for bombing. Nobody on here has defended Russia for bombing.
Corbyn has not defended Russia for bombing.
The best way to stop the bombing is to stop selling the planes and the bombs.

Anne Clwyd is possibly being ignored because she voted for the war in Iraq, unlike Corbyn who has always been consistent in his condemnation of war.

Unless Russia is involved

On our local radio this morning there was a discussion about three 18 year old Syrian boys who had been accused of sexually molesting two 14 year old schoolgirls.

It went to court and they were found not guilty. It shouldn't have gone to court as it was obvious to the defence solicitors that the girls had made the story up.
These are Syrian families who came here under Cameron's kind offer to take refugees.
They are so mortified and offended that they are saying they would have been better off if they had stayed in Syria.
I am ashamed to be British when that can happen here.

You are so blinkered, Annie.

I found out about stopthewar and hopenothate through you.

What changed you to make you so cynical and hateful now?

Dear God, do you think all countries are going to stop selling weapons Jen? They are not , so children live in terror whilst waiting for love to fill the world and all countries stop selling arms? Try living in the real world , better still try living in the world the children of Syria are living in.

So what is your solution Anniebach? Do you imagine if everyone says "Russia is awful" this will in some way make the plight of those children better. It is disgusting that you are using this terrible situation to score points and denigrate people who have consistently demonstrated and spoken against war, as if by condemning them you are making things better.

www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/2213-stop-all-intervention-in-syria-and-let-the-people-decide-their-future

Does this say unless Russia is involved?

For those who do not like links.

Stop the War's position is clear: we oppose all bombing in Syria, including by the Syrian regime and Russia, but also by the US, UK, Saudi Arabia and other powers intervening there. We call for an end to all outside intervention. All supply of arms should stop.

We do not take a position on the internal politics of Syria, and believe that this is a question for the Syrian people alone.

The attacks on us come in the main from people who do not like our opposition to wars. In every instance, we have been accused of supporting those whom our government opposes. So we have been accused of supporting the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi and now Assad and, more specifically, Russia.

For the record, we do not support Russia or any other intervening power. And we regard these attacks on us as the sort of witch hunt that tries to destroy a legitimate criticism of government by saying that we are allied to a foreign power. It is despicable and untrue, and a smokescreen to hide the myriad failings of this 15-year war on terror.

Roses, this is what the UK is doing, in Syria and elsewhere.
The war in Yemen seems to be left out of this, but we arm Saudi, selling them planes and bombs so they can kill people at funerals for people who have been killed by our bombs.
Is that okay to you.

www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/2212-whitehall-has-been-arming-the-world-and-fuelling-conflict-for-50-years

Annie, why can the UK not be the first to stop selling arms to other countries, particularly those in the middle east?
We are guilty of breking UN laws by knowingly selling to a country that we know is going to use them to attack another country.

Jen I have no hate, I despise hypocrisy , yes I was a member of stop the war , yes I campaigned against Iraq, yes I am angry with the treatment of Palestine by Israel . Yes I take part in all night prayers for peace, yes I campaigned against the Vietnam war , against invading Afghanistan , I did not sit at home and do sod all, I did what little I could, now I can no longer march demonstrate outside embassies , there are many who can , Stop The War should be outside the Russian embassy , not sharing your belief - they wouldn't listen to us.

Do not ask what changed me Jen, look within your own soul ,

All it takes for evil to prevail is for the good man to do nothing .

Well Corbyn is certainly playing the role of a good man , pity it's only a mask

I suspect Annie that your dislike for Corbyn is fueling your opinion in this. It does seem sad that your animosity towards one man should lead you to abandon a lifetime's commitment to peace.

Jrn, you do ask daft questions , the U.K. Will not stop selling arms , and if you believe Corbyn will become PM and stop the arms trade you are fooling yourself or indulging in wishful thinking

Put the urine down the loo trisher