"What - no insult for my mother Terminus; she will be disappointed!"

No she won't "Christmas"- not if what you stated was true - but there again very little of what you ever state is true or anywhere even remotely close to it.

The ONLY thing "that ordiinary Palestinians need protection from" "Christmas" are those out and out thieves and bandits who have laid claim to being their leaders since 1921. Had they done any of the following Gaza would be richer than Monaco today (1st in HDI index; GDP (PPP) $6.888billion total/ $186,175 per capita; GDP (nominal) $6.581billion total/$172,676 per capita)

- Accepted the 1947 UN two-state plan at the same time as the Jews in Palestine did
- Formally recognised the State of Israel and its right to exist at any time during the last 63 years
- Actually used the billions given them in aid to benefit the lot of the people, instead of perpetuating a war that they simply cannot win.

"You have objected when it is pointed out that some of the sniper bullets now cutting down civilian men women and children on the streets of Homs (or went into the training of the snipers) came from Britain."

There is not one shred of evidence to back up that contention of yours "Christmas" - still sticking to that "small arms arms" thing I see.

To pursue this fable of yours, into a thread about what is going on in Homs, Syria you have introduced by way of diversion and deflection - Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Bahrain - Where are you headed next Jim-Lad?? It won't matter because one thing is certain - Britain sold no weapons to Syria.