A strike on Syria comes at a huge cost

Sir, – Theresa May is about to commit UK forces to attack a country that has not attacked us, on the basis of an unproven allegation, on behalf of Al-qaeda, without a vote in Parliament.

The UK Government is parlayed by the Brexitmandated withdrawal from the EU and led by a Prime Minister who is held in universal contempt, with no authority or legitimacy.

Theresa May is afraid of public opposition to British involvement in Syria.

This is the reason there will be no vote in Parliament.

The government case for war in Syria is based on a pack of lies.

It involves becoming Al-qaeda’s air force and leaving the Alawites to be slaughtered.

Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya. How many more failures will it take before the parroting, corrupt media and politicians think intervention is a mad, revolting and unworkable idea?

After Saddam Hussein had actually used poison gas on the Kurds, not only did Washington give Saddam a free pass, they came up with a strategy to blame Iran.

The chemical weapons attack in Douma is a massive red herring.

Washington and Westminster have no moral authority to attack anyone.

The so-called responsibility to protect is the 21st Century equivalent of the white man’s burden, or white colonialists believing it their duty to impose western beliefs and culture on the black inhabitants of European colonies.

A six-hour Tornado mission costs roughly £210k. Loaded with four paveway bombs at £22k each and two brimstone missiles at £105k each, for a total of £298k.

That’s £508k per mission.

Or 20 paramedics, 20 police officers, 20 teachers, 19 nurses, 18 firefighters or 18 junior doctors.

The amount of ignorance about the British Empire’s role in the Middle East is extraordinary. Even from so-called universityeducated “experts” who falsify or ignore what actually happened.

A correspondent argues Theresa May has no moral authority to commit to a strike on Syria.