• As the UK government prepares to vote on the bombing of Syria can everyone please quit and think what this means for people there who are like you and me (Labour in Syria turmoil as PM makes the case for war,27 November). Thousands of children, women and men will die as a result of bombing. I cannot imagine the horror of those living in Raqqa – they enjoy been targeted by the Assad regime, and they live in apprehension of Isis who control their lives and execute at will,and now they are being bombed by an international coalition.
I don’t really understand what has happened in Syria and its wider region – it is obviously very complex. But I feel that Syrians will know what they want for their country and the UN must continue to place every last drop of effort into making this happen: ceasefires, UN-organised elections, and UN peacekeeping forces,reconstruction. Speaking as a mother I think I finish understand what Syrian mothers want for their children: to be able to hold them safe and, beyond this, or education,a carefree childhood, a good future. Bombing does not achieve this, and even for those it doesn’t kill.
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Source: theguardian.com