Philinomics

I’ve always considered this blog a personal conduit for my expression and thought and oftentimes I say how I feel. However, I find myself in a predicament of wanting to say so much and also being speechless. Today Theresa May said that the ‘international community isn’t going to stand by and allow chemical weapons to be used with impunity’ when referring to the decision by the USA, Britain and France to launch air strikes to degrade the Assad regime in Syria and help the rebels. I can’t believe that such a decision was made, I can’t believe the level of hypocrisy involved and I can’t believe the situation as a whole. Let me start by saying that this is not an Assad appreciation post, nor is it an attempt to show anything but sympathy to those in Syria who have suffered due to his regime and monstrosities. Assad has always held one ideology in his mind; one to garner and hold onto power. He is guilty. He is a terrorist. He is wrong. My issue isn’t that he is wrong...