""William Hague – he who once childishly believed Gaddafi was en route to
Venezuela – has been waffling on about how little the West can do to stop Assad.
This is rubbish. Britain's RAF bases in Cyprus are infinitely closer to Syria
than to Libya. Had we prevented the bloodbath in Benghazi and left the Libyans
to their civil war, we might have found a public opinion strong enough to
stomach an assault on the Assad legions. "" (thanks Emily)