Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Syria moves to top of G8 agenda, according to Globe and Mail. Harper rules out arming Syrian rebels, lashes out at Putin Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny talk outside Farmleigh House in Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, June 16, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS news Western intervention is beginning in Syria, and it is about time. The vast human slaughter in Syria has not been enough to shock the conscience of humanity into acting. But a broader understanding of self-interest has provoked action, albeit limited, because the mounting costs of not acting are becoming clearer. It is, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in the U.K. Parliament last week, a grotesque dilemma. But continued Western hand-wringing and procrastination will not solve it. More Related to this Story Putin sides with thugs, PM says as G8 splits over Syrian conflict (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.