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Airstrikes on Syria Show the Hypocrisy at the Heart of Britain’s Foreign Policy
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Early on Saturday morning, British jet fighters, alongside partners from the US and France, undertook joint airstrikes attacking chemical weapons facilities claimed to belong to the Syrian government.
Shortly afterwards Theresa May, who sanctioned such action without the consent of parliament, made a statement outlining how the government had both a moral and legal basis to act. Later that afternoon Downing Street published the government’s legal position asserting – in the absence of any rulings, precedents or specific legislation – that striking a weapons facility was tantamount to “humanitarian intervention”. That such words were chosen with regard to military action speaks volumes about our establishment’s moral compass.
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