Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate also that the Tánaiste said he urged caution. He said Ireland has not supported military action but he did not condemn it. The Tánaiste said he condemns the use of chemical weapons, but that is before he can get proof on whether they were used or who used them. He is just taking their word for it. It suits the agenda. It is nuts. How do we know what is going on? The White Helmets were one of the first groups to tell us about it. The White Helmets, the Syrian campaign and the Syrian American Medical Society, who control a lot of the flow of information coming out of Syria for media, are PR companies that are funded by the Americans and the Brits. That is the truth. One could not believe the time of day from them. I heard someone say last week that the media makes the war and the war makes the media. The media have played an incredibly poor role in all of this. God help us. Things are not going to get better. The Tánaiste has said the European Union is working for peace. It has to work a lot harder. The Government cannot say boo to the Americans or stand up to them.

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