Spurious argument on Syria civil war

Dr Kevin McCarthy (Letters, April 20) suggests that the civil war in Syria justifies Israel’s refusal, in breach of International Law, to return the Golan Heights to Syria. 

This is a spurious argument because, long before the Syrian conflict began, Israel refused to return the Golan Heights and as Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear, even when the conflict ends Israel will refuse to return the Golan Heights.

Dr McCarthy asks what would be the response of the Irish Government if a war machine dedicated to the destruction of Ireland as an independent state existed in the Dublin mountains. A more pertinent question surely is what would be the response of the Irish government if Britain decided it had to occupy the Dublin mountains in order to preserve its independence?