14-12-2016 19:53 via theguardian.com

Don’t blame MPs: British bombs wouldn’t have saved Aleppo | Owen Jones

Critics of non-intervention in Syria in 2013 should show some humility – and its supporters should show some consistencyAs east Aleppo falls to Bashar al-Assad’s murderous regime, the postmortem has begun. How could this sickening onslaught and its miserable human cost have been avoided? All too predictably, fingers point back at the culprits of 2013, those who prevented the west from bombing Assad’s forces. Those who backed the wars in Iraq and Libya feel tainted by the bloods
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