Members of Parliament have just voted in the House of Commons for the British Armed Forces to support other countries in leading air strikes in areas of Syria. I have never before written publicly about a political issue, and don't for one minute think I am eloquent or knowledgeable enough to explain it fully, but I'm scared.
I'm scared for the millions of innocent children who are currently 'in the way' of conflict. Either being manipulated without choice into fighting with weapons that are heavier than they are, for causes they don't understand, or simply by staying still, and going to sleep in their own bed at night. Why are these millions of children any different from you, your siblings or your parents as children? I cannot begin to fathom how the MPs who just voted in Parliament would feel, if they were watching the voting outcome in Syria. Powerless to stop the decision, only able to go home and tuck their children and grandchildren into bed, crossing their fingers that their neighbourhood was not pinpointed as 'majority terrorist', and enabling them to live to see the sunrise. I'm scared for the children who are not yet born - your children, your grandchildren. What fractious world are we leaving for them to sort out - one where we may no longer be able to live democratically and peacefully. One where the very Government that is meant to support its people is so out of touch that it cannot see the millions of innocent victims this will cause, without a bed to go home to at night, much less an MPs second home. I'm scared for you and I'm scared for me. Great Britain usually prides itself on its peaceful, democratic union, but not any more; the sails on her ship have veered us into very stormy waters. How can the Government justify the billions it will spend sending aircraft to throw bombs on areas they cannot confirm do not have civilians living there? How can they do this, when there are almost 4 million children in the UK alone who live in poverty? The Prime Minister is so far removed from his own constituents that he cannot even quote the approximate price of a pint of milk, yet he believes it is just and fair to spend money making even more children homeless across the world, then rejecting them at the gates of our country. The average age of MPs in the Houses of Parliament in 2015 is 50 years old. If they are to represent us, they must understand the plight of the poor and the passion of the young, the realistic ideology of the nation, and the reason I am scared. I am scared because these people are more than double my age, and yet they are making decisions of which we will have to pick up the pieces. Yes this is just my opinion, and yes I understand that the decision was made democratically, but yes,I do think that the Government are making an undeniable and irreparable mistake. One that will affect you and me for generations to come.
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