“Although the Green Party totally deplores the actions of the Azad regime a military response by the UK and US will not put an end the bloody civil war, but will certainly lead to the deaths of many hundreds of innocent people. An attack on Syria is also highly likely to provoke the Azad regime into taking yet more desperate measures to defend itself resulting in further civilian causalities”.
“The threat
of military action has already led to a major escalation in the number of refugees
leaving Syria which is placing severe
economic strains upon the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.
The flight of over 2 million people from Syria has all the hallmarks of developing into a humanitarian crisis and may
well be the cause of further political upheaval in this incredibly sensitive
part of the world”.
“The Green
Party urges the Government to exercise great caution(1). Instead of taking
precipitate military action the United
Nations Inspectors, currently investigating the appalling chemical weapons
attack, should be allowed time to
complete their work and the UN must be
given the opportunity to debate their
findings. Acting without a proper evaluation of the facts, as we did in
Iraq and Afghanistan, can lead to
long-term and massively expensive entanglements which often make a terrible
situation even worse”.
Ends
NOTES
(1)
During
tomorrow’s (29th August)
Parliamentary debate Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, will be urging the Government to exercise
great caution in deciding what action it will take to deal with the Syrian
crisis
(2)
Members
of the Green Party will be supporting the emergency protest against a military
strike on Syria outside 10 Downing Street between 5-7pm tonight.
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