Jim, I posted in general terms about non lethal riot equipment.
I argued that it does not put down uprisings, indeed it encourages them.
That is why Assad and Hamas prefer the lethal kind.

I am surprised you brought up the trade embargo we discussed back in February.
You WRONGLY stated that US and UK were refusing to impose them.
They DID impose them.
I asserted they would be ineffective in stopping the massacres, and tragically I was proved all too correct.
Mainly because Russia and China were happy to sell Assad whatever he wanted.

I admire you for stating your opposition to Assad, even though it aligns you with Israel against Iran.
None of your old anti Israel mates are willing to back you though.
What a dilemma Jim.
Why not just ramp up the personal abuse and get the thread closed.
It has worked before,