UNHCR: Syria 'biggest displacement crisis of all time'*
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Kevin Maguire, the associate editor of the Mirror, said on the Sky Press preview that although he was against any form of intervention (except possibly to exert diplomatic pressure on the Russians to get Assad to negotiate, the fantasist), something should be done about the refugee crisis.
If a water main bursts, I don't think clearing up the water is a substitute for fixing the leak. That doesn't mean that I think that dropping cruise missiles on the main is a good idea. I don't think the failure of cruise missiles to fix the leak would encourage the belief that forming a coalition of the willing to invade the water main was the logical next step. The reason why there are 2 million refugees? Because they feared, with very good reason, that Assad's forces would bomb them if they stayed. If the refugee crisis gets worse, there may be unwanted foreign intervention to stop neighbouring countries collapsing. I think arming the rebels is a better idea than waiting for the crisis to get so bad that foreign intervention becomes inevitable. More foreign intervention, of course, in addition to that of the Russians, Iranians and Lebanese that have helped to create this crisis. I watched a little of Russia Today, to the point where the presenter said that she wished the best for Syria.
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