Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The West seems tempted to get involved. It likes some of the rebels, but not others. It would like to build up its favoured groups and weaken the role of the jihadists, who seem to be taking on a stronger role in the war. Foreign intervention on both sides has had the drastic effect of escalating the conflict. Apart from Israel and the US, among those pushing for more intervention is Prime Minister David Cameron, eager to ingratiate himself with the Gulf's dictators. He has been pressing for the EU's arms embargo to be lifted. Does the Tánaiste not agree that lifting the embargo would only escalate the problem further?

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