Stop Bombing Syria: a Letter from Mark Rylance, Brian Eno, John Pilger et al.
via Counter Punch News Service
We are gravely concerned at the possibility of a parliamentary decision to bomb Syria. David Cameron is planning such a vote in the House of Commons in the near future. He is doing so in the face of much evidence that such an action would exacerbate the situation it is supposed to solve. Already we have seen the killing of civilians and the exacerbation of a refugee crisis which is largely the product of wars in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.
The US and its allies have dropped 20,000 bombs on Iraq and Syria in the past year, with little effect. We fear that this latest extension of war will only worsen the threat of terrorism, as have the previous wars involving the British government. Cameron is cynically using the refugee crisis to urge more war. He should not be allowed to.
Mark Rylance
Charlotte Church
John Williams
Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate
Brian Eno
Len McCluskey General secretary, Unite the Union
Christine Shawcroft Labour NEC
Diane Abbott MP
Jenny Tonge
Caroline Lucas MP
Andrew Murray Chair, Stop the War Campaign
Lindsey German Convenor, STWC
Tariq Ali
John Pilger
Tim Lezard
David Edgar
Alan Gibbons
Andy de la Tour
Michael Rosen
Eugene Skeef
Victoria Brittain
Anders Lustgarten
David Gentleman
David Swanson
Gerry Grehan, Peace People Belfast
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We aren’t “Assadists” or propagandists either, but since those allegations are more subjective we have to let them slide.
Good for them. The Syria policy of the UK govt has never cared about the Syrian people it’s all been about regime change.
Reblogged this on wgrovedotnet and commented:
Well done to them, not sure if Cameron has enough savvy to pay any heed, he’s not the sharpest knife in the box.