Please write to your MP now without delay - War, terrible war, may be on the way again.

A good question is what Russia will do with the vast force its is now excising in the eastern part of its vast territory Will it start to be moved west if and when as predicted tensions rise.Meanwhile the public are totally oblivious to what is going on and cannot imagine it could actually impinge on their lives.. I thought we might be heading towards this last March at the time of the Skripals and that it would start to get scary in the summer and autumn.I imagine it will blow up quite suddenly perhaps using a clever iconic image of a dead child to push people towards the war option.Obviously Corbyns Labour party is aware of what is planned hence Thornburys question

Thank you for being ever vigilant,Mr Hitchens. I believe History will not favour those who would ascribe histrionics to your well considered fears and opinions. Sleepwalking,indeed.

We should by all means be wary of lying politicians but no major nation ever fell into a war 'by accident'. WW1 happened because Germany wanted to knock Russia out before it became a major industrial power. Britain backed Russia in exchange for them not threatening India.

As for WW2 Mr Hitchens has already pointed out the machinations behind the facade of saving 'brave little Poland'.

I see no reason why China, America, Russia, Saudi Arabia or Iran have any reason to fight one another. There is no great looming resource shortage that would require a 'land grab'. Yes the Chinese are moving into places like the Spratly Islands but it's not as if the oil resources available there are not available elsewhere.

Humanity has moved on from the point where to use one example almost all of the world's rubber comes from the Malay Peninsular or almost all of the tea is grown in China. It's that sort of issue that sparks war not posturing politicians.

I agree with you totally I believe there will be another claim of chemical weapons use then an attack by the US and cohorts first on Syria then on Iran our whole strategy is to empower Israel and Saudi Arabia in the area and diminish Russian and Iranian power.
the sad truth is thousands or millions will die as a consequence of this in that area and possibly elsewhere to.
Over recent years there has been subtle evidence of the prelude to war at home too through the media with negative stories about Russians or Muslims or through constant praise and adulation of our armed forces ( they deserve some of course) but has been over zealous so the public are obedient when war occurs.

Thanks for the heads up on this Peter.

Once again you appear to be one of the few Journalists with integrity speaking out on this critical issue.

An ME conflagration, pitting Saudi Arabia, Israel & NATO V Syria, Iran, Russia, and possibly China is a horrifying proposition. Especially when it is part of the same incessant, geopolitical jostling between the so called "Great powers". Only this time it could spark the big one.

In many ways this region is so similar to the Balkans in the previous century, it's uncanny. This action cannot be allowed to happen.

There is a problem at the moment of getting a nerve gas attack in Idlib making headline news in the USA as Hurricane Florence is poised to do a lot of damage in the Carolinas. It will have to be postponed.

It is illuminating that the Labour hierarchy thought it necessary to ask this question in Parliament. That even in the top levels of politics they believe that such a 'conspiracy' is possible. It says a lot for the lack of investigative journalism and total lack of plurality in the Western media today that people have to pre-warn of false flags in advance because they know that few critical questions will be asked in the media after the event has happened.