by Ali Kassim
David Miliband’s recent commentary on Syria as the International Rescue Committee’s President and Chief executive in which he stated: ‘Syria may be lost, but we must stand by its victims’ is nothing but a despicable, audacious and cheap attempt by him to make a travesty of the Syrian issue.
He further adds: ‘The great powers won't halt the war, but they can help those affected’. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the aforementioned statements are akin to rubbing salt on one’s wounds and is an insincere, deplorable and insulting attempt to give legal amnesty to the perpetrators and supporters of the Middle East destruction.
Does it not occur to Mr Miliband that the above statements are similar to saying ‘it’s okay, I will destroy and burn down your house, steal your wealth, kill your family, but in return will provide charitable handouts to the wounded remaining members of your family in the aftermath’. What is one compelled to think after such statements?
Are the so- called ‘global powers’ beyond reach or culpability? What is the UN and other ‘peace loving’ countries doing to stop these atrocities committed (funnily enough only in those countries where a majority of its population are Muslims and who have a wealth of treasure to offer as booty).
Whilst I concede, David does go on to try and find a solution to ‘saving the nation’, his approach is weak, hypocritical, high handed and absurd. In this context, it was a great victory for the entire Labour Party and the British nation that he did not succeed in Labour’s leadership contest. Such irresponsible statements only carry the potential for fuelling inter-faith and multi-cultural hatred.
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