From the Irish Independent
Welcome to Syria, where Assad’s crumbling regime, like so many other doomed regimes throughout history, has decided that it is going to go down swinging, killing as many of its people as possible.
It’s completely senseless and borders on the insanely pointless — a bit like Berliners being executed by the Gestapo for looting a pot or a kettle from a bombed-out house in the last days of the war.
So, where are the protests from the Irish left against this vile, murderous Government?
Carry on reading
Nick Cohen
