UK Prime Minister David Cameron certainly loves war.<\/p>\n
But events in Iran, Libya, Syria and now Ukraine, show that war does not love Cameron back, making him look rather like a dull schoolyard bully, oblivious to how he has actively contributed to global chaos.<\/p>\n
Cameron actively supported the 2011 military operation in Libya. Back in 2011, Cameron visited Tripoli with France’s then-President Nicolas Sarkozy to declare victory over Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s regime in what turned out to be premature celebrations with the “rebels”, now known as ISIS.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview however, he declared that Libya shouldn\u2019t become a \u201csafe haven for terrorists\u201d, something that Libya clearly has now achieved with Britain’s meddling.<\/p>\n
Cameron was left rather red-faced after ISIS attacks killed Coptic Christians in Libya last week.<\/p>\n
In Syria, Cameron also supported arming “rebels” in order to attempt to oust President Bashar Assad.<\/p>\n
Cameron, while advocating British attacks against the Syrian government, admitted he was not \u201c100 percent certain\u201d that Assad was behind a recent chemical attack, but that it was \u201chighly likely.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not like Iraq, what we are seeing in Syria is fundamentally different \u2026 We are not invading a country,\u201d he insisted. No weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq.<\/p>\n
Cameron had been calling for an international rubberstamp from the UN to aid the Syrian “rebels” – aka ISIS – from the early stages of the conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery effort should be made to secure a [UN] Security Council Resolution backing military action before any such action is taken,\u201d Cameron said in the speech to the House of Commons in 2013.<\/p>\n
But his attempts proved futile, as British MPs effectively ruled out direct involvement in a military campaign in Syria. The Libyan fiasco was apparently still fresh in everyone\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout this coalition government, the Conservatives have adopted a less forthright approach to the Middle East conflict, in a way which I believe risks decreasing British influence in the region,\u201d Liberal-Dem coalition partner Nick Clegg then lamented.<\/p>\n
Back in 2010, Cameron stated that Iran has a \u201cnuclear weapon,\u201d when asked about why he was backing Turkey\u2019s bid to join the EU. The Mossad, no less, has publicly denied intelligence proving the existence of such a weapon.<\/p>\n
Cameron then attempted to pressure the American Congress over sanctions on Iran right ahead of his visit to the US, but Republicans called it an unproductive move.<\/p>\n
He responded that Turkey\u2019s accession could \u201chelp solve the world\u2019s problems, like the Middle East peace process, like the fact that Iran has got a nuclear weapon.\u201d Perhaps no one had sent him the memo.<\/p>\n
With an ugly conflict brewing in Ukraine, Cameron has announced that UK troops will support Kiev with tactical intelligence, training and logistics. The UK will also \u201cbe developing infantry program with Ukraine to improve the pure ability of the forces.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PM\u2019s most recent warmongering comments come after the Minsk peace talks, in which a ceasefire was agreed upon by the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n
On top of that, Cameron hawkishly called for more sanctions against Russia, in addition to those implemented during the past year.<\/p>\n
He is said to be upset by French and German leaders Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, who are trying to push for a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should keep up the pressure [on Russia],\u201d Cameron said, noting that \u201cin this respect the interests of the United Kingdom and democracy do go together.\u201d Vladimir Putin, the most popular president Russia has had in more than a century, was democratically elected, but perhaps Cameron believes “democracy” has several meanings not included in most dictionaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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