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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

This does point to a worrying lack of backbone in the British public. It's difficult to understand how people can watch those poor children after a chemical attack and not be moved to stop this waste of life.

There are always dangers of getting involved, but if we sit back and do nothing, it's only a matter of time before Putin arrives to break our doors down. He won't knock first, although that might be what we polite British would think was polite.

Nothing to do with backbone OB or being a hawk or a dove as these are extremely weighty issues and one needs to consider the consequences before one makes the next step IMO.