{"id":8105,"date":"2014-10-23T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T14:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=8105"},"modified":"2025-07-10T08:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:03:50","slug":"uk-government-still-obdurate-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/uk-government-still-obdurate-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Government still obdurate over Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her Majesty’s Government is stubbornly blaming President Assad for the rise of Islamic State despite the funding and encouragement it sent to Islamist opposition groups in Syria.<\/p>\n

In an obdurate letter sent out to Members of Parliament and forwarded to constituents, Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood MP says ‘Assad has been one of the leading causes for the rise of ISIL (Islamic State – SG) and other extremist groups in Syria. \u00a0He has created the conditions that have allowed terrorism to flourish – by destroying the social and physical fabric of the country, fuelling sectarianism, and leaving a trail of insecurity and ungoverned space across Syria’.<\/p>\n

Mr Ellwood conveniently ignores:<\/p>\n

1 The view of two retired generals and Sir Malcolm Rifkind who have all called for collaboration with President Assad<\/a><\/strong> of Syria in order to defeat Islamic State,<\/p>\n

2 The fact that President Assad is all that stands<\/a><\/strong> between both the Syrian Christians and the Alawite commmunity and a bloodbath,<\/p>\n

3 The inability and unwillingness of any Syrian opposition group to guarantee the safety of the Syrian Christians and Shi-ite Muslims, including the Alawites,<\/p>\n

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President Assad inspects damage left by Islamist rebels in the Christian town of Maaloula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4\u00a0What happened to the Christians in the Syrian town of Maaloula<\/a><\/strong> as US-armed rebels took the town and is happening now in Mhardeh<\/a><\/strong>,<\/p>\n

5 The reality, as President Obama confirmed in a meeting with Eastern Patriarchs last month<\/a><\/strong>, that President Assad protected the Christians (Mr Obama even referred to ‘the Syrian government; rather than ‘the Regime’),<\/p>\n

6 That it is the UK which has fuelled the rise of Islamic State<\/a><\/strong> by the support it gave when the uprising started to anyone opposing Assad, including Al-Qaeda and its offshoots Al-Nusra and Islamic State,<\/p>\n

7 That the destruction of Syria is not the responsibility of President Assad but of the UK and US Governments<\/a><\/strong> and NGOs encouraging a destructive uprising against a man who just fell out of favour with them,<\/p>\n

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The US funded Al-Qaeda-affiliate Al-Nusra Front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8 That the closure of the Syrian Embassy in London and the British Embassy in Damascus has made any\u00a0possible defeat of Islamic State more difficult,<\/p>\n

9 That the ‘Houla Massacre’, quickly used by William Hague to expel the Syrian\u00a0Ambassador and his mission, was actually perpetrated by the\u00a0Free Syrian Army and used to blame the Syrian government. \u00a0(Der Spiegel<\/a><\/strong> & GlobalResearch<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Mr Ellwood concludes his letter by arguing that ‘Most of the opposition are ordinary people, fighting to protect their homes and their loved ones, fighting in the hope of a better future for their country. \u00a0They deserve our support.’<\/p>\n

No, Mr Ellwood, the ‘opposition’ is a fractured basket-case of rival groups, with the ‘ordinary people’ of IS and Al-Nusra competing with the ‘ordinary people’ of Islamic Front<\/a><\/strong>, the Free Syrian Army and the well-connected Syrian National Council (see this amazing article by Charlie Skelton<\/a><\/strong> for the low-down on SNC), with every armed faction\u00a0fighting in the hope of an Islamic future for their country. \u00a0All the militias will increase the possibility of terrorism on our streets and they all need to be opposed.<\/p>\n

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