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Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1990310/david-lammy-israel-syria-assad
Why the UK Should Be Applauding Israel's Bombing of Syria after Assad's Fall
(Daily Express-UK) Angela Epstein - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has declared that he wants to see "chemical weapons stockpiles secured, and not used, and we want to ensure that there is no continuing violence" in Syria. That's why we should applaud Israel, which shares a border with Syria and is clearly taking no chances, inflicting preemptive strikes on any remaining threats to its security by destroying leftover military hardware such as missiles and chemical weapons factories. The Syrian fleet has been destroyed, as have former Iranian bases in the country. In taking such incisive, immediate action, Israel once again does the world's dirty work. In the case of Syria it is doing us all a favor. Remember that the Syrian militia group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) which toppled Assad is an offshoot of al-Qaeda. Precisely because it is an alias of al-Qaeda, HTS was proscribed as a terror organization in the UK. Britain is only safe to interact with Syria because its new rulers don't have access to Assad's military machines or chemical hand-me-downs.