"The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills insisted that although the licences were granted to an unnamed UK chemical company in January 2012, the substances were not sent to Syria before the permits were eventually revoked last July in response to tightened European Union sanctions"
They would say that, wouldn't they, but this in no way excuses your revolting attempts to disguise the fact that you had the information about the materials and attempted to claim it as "harmless as toothpaste and only dangerous if you dropped it on your foot" - incredible!
Nor does it excuse your old usuaal "poor old Britain" response to our dealing in chemical weapons material - we shouldn't have sold him toothbrushes, never mind fluoride.
"agreeing for a moment there about the need for some sort of intervention"
If you trace through Keith's offerings on intervention, as far back as 'Homs Horror' you will find he has strongly opposed any form of intervention (unless you include supplying riot control equipment) and has sneered at anybody who has disagreed with him
This has stretched as far as this thread, where he seems to have had a change of heart (become a born-again interventionist perhaps)
His opposition has spread even to this thread 30 Aug 13 - 07:08 PM ) which I don't fully understand, but then again, psychiatry was never my strong point
Jim Carroll