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Trump and May have put us on the brink of war
The argument that we can’t sit back and that we have to do something is a lie, writes LINDSEY GERMAN. Western powers have been intervening in Syria right from the beginning
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THE WORLD stands on the brink of a major escalation of war and the responsibility for this lies with US President Donald Trump and Theresa May.

Trump, who talked only two weeks ago of withdrawing US troops from Syria, now tweets that his missiles are coming.

May, the woman who has no parliamentary majority and is only hanging onto power through alliance with the racist and right-wing DUP, is urging some sort of military action to “punish” the Syrian regime.

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