[Rich]

We don't have absolute proof yet but from this article: London 2012: Syrian general says he will come to Olympics it seems fairly clear that the British government intends to use the Olympics to legitimise Saudi and Bahraini government murder and terror and to legitimise the de-facto occupation of Bahrain by Saudi. They intend to send out a clear message, the far more religiously tolerant, progressive and less sectarian Syrian government has no right defend its self, but we condone all measures taken by the Saudis and members of their terror apparatus will be welcomed in Britain as respected members of the international community.

[SolarCross]

Britain and US regimes are the paymasters of terrorists and dictators and the sworn enemy of independant states governed in any way other than in the imperial interests of pax-angloamerica. So yeah what else would anyone expect?

[Allerton]

Syria is not aligned with the Western sphere, but rather the Russian and Chinese spheres of influence. Saudi has, for quite some time now, been aligned to America (and by extension, NATO's) sphere of influence. All the rhetoric about tolerance, freedom, and morality is just the latest in a long series of reasons to justify conflict and violence.

[Franker65]

Whatever about Britain's stance on this, I question the sense of a general visiting a sporting event while his country is experiencing a full blown civil war.