English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. 'Mission complete' - those were the words of President Trump following the joint US, French and British air strike on Syria last weekend. An estimated 400,000 Syrians have been killed since the outbreak of war in 2011. More than 5.6 million Syrians have fled the country, according to the United Nations, and 6.1 million people are displaced internally. The Assad regime remains safely in power, and senior generals, including the Director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, have said that Assad retains the capacity to use chemical weapons after the attack. That does not sound like 'mission complete' by any measure. I would like to address three central issues to this Assembly for Wales and our role in supporting and managing the awful consequences of the Syrian conflict. I would first like to seek to gain clarity from the First Minister for his stance on the weekend's air strikes. Secondly, I would like to discuss the material and financial cost of the attack, before moving on to discuss how we can redouble our efforts to offer a safe haven to those dealing with the fall-out from the Syrian civil war. Before I move on to my speech proper, I'd like to reiterate my disappointment that Members of the Labour front bench felt that this was not a significant enough issue to warrant debate. Failing to support Plaid Cymru's calls for a debate on this issue is not only disappointing but bizarre, considering their colleagues' calls for greater parliamentary scrutiny on this issue in Westminster. Yesterday, in First Minister's questions, I asked the First Minister a straight question: does he stand by his statement of support for the military intervention in Syria? His answer was typically evasive. Without a single vote being cast in any of the UK's Parliaments, on Saturday morning the First Minister gave his support to the Prime Minister and her decision to join the American-led bombing. I wanted to give the First Minister another chance, today, to answer that question. Without any parliamentary approval, does the First Minister stand by his statement of support for the Prime Minister and her air strike, as she claimed it was in the British national interest? And knowing now that the air strike has not mitigated the Syrian regime's capacity to use chemical weapons or change the course of the conflict, does he still support the action? But he's not here for this debate. I very much hope that this will be brought to his attention, and that he is able to answer these important questions in due course. Tokenistic strikes do little to help desperate Syrian people who do not need more bombs to be dropped, but a solution to what is a political crisis and a human tragedy. War is an expensive pursuit. Of course, for some, it is profitable. To see the shares of companies like BAE Systems rise at the prospect of further conflict shows the vile corporate structures that underpin the defence establishment. British Typhoon and Tornado aircraft launched eight Storm Shadow cruise missiles. According to a 2011 parliamentary question, each one of these missiles costs £790,000. A crude calculation shows that we are looking at in excess of a cost of £6.3 million for the single strike undertaken on the weekend. This excludes the costs of the planes used to fire each of those £0.75 million bombs. When money is needed to pay our WASPI women a fair pension, the coffers are empty. When penny-pinching and cruel welfare reforms lead to people committing suicide out of desperation, we are told there's no money left. All of us here have lost valuable assets and services in the communities that we represent all because of austerity, yet when it comes to weapons of war, the British state seems to have very deep pockets. It is shameful that Westminster can claim that spending millions on bombing foreign countries is in the national interests while homeless women and men are told that there is no money to house them. I'm ashamed to say that Wales's record on Syrian refugees remains disappointing. By dropping bombs on this war-torn nation, the British state may well be making more refugees at the same time as it's refusing to fulfil its existing obligations. Wales took just over 300 refugees last year, and I'm proud to say that it was a Plaid Cymru-led council in Carmarthenshire that gave home to the most - 51 - all from Syria. Yet some councils - the Labour administrations in Merthyr Tydfil and Neath Port Talbot - had not taken a single refugee by the end of last year. For shame. I implore the First Minister to speak to his party colleagues and get them moving on this issue. Here, in our national Parliament, in our councils and in our communities, we can save lives. We can offer these desperate people a safe haven. We have a moral obligation to act, and I reiterate to the First Minister that he must act now to ensure that Wales is doing all that it can to help people fleeing this terrible conflict. To conclude, much more can be and must be said about this extremely complex and important issue. However, for now, I would like to close with the same sentiment with which I began: Plaid Cymru does not support this tokenistic American-led air strike on Syria, and I will once again remind Members that the path to peace is never paved with the weapons to war.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. 'Gwaith ar ben' - dyna oedd geiriau'r Arlywydd Trump yn dilyn yr ymosodiadau awyr gan yr UDA, Ffrainc a Phrydain ar y cyd ar Syria y penwythnos diwethaf. Lladdwyd 400,000 amcangyfrifedig o Syriaid ers dechrau'r rhyfel yn 2011. Mae dros 5.6 miliwn o Syriaid wedi ffoi o'r wlad yn ôl y Cenhedloedd Unedig, a chafodd 6.1 miliwn o bobl eu dadleoli o fewn y wlad. Mae cyfundrefn Assad yn parhau i fod mewn grym, ac mae uwch-gadfridogion, gan gynnwys y Cyd-bennaeth Staff yn y Pentagon, wedi dweud bod Assad yn dal i allu defnyddio arfau cemegol ar ôl yr ymosodiad. Nid yw hynny'n swnio fel 'gwaith ar ben' mewn unrhyw fodd. Hoffwn ymdrin â thri mater canolog yng Nghynulliad Cymru a'n rôl yn cefnogi ac yn rheoli canlyniadau ofnadwy rhyfel Syria. Yn gyntaf hoffwn geisio eglurhad gan y Prif Weinidog ynglŷn â'i safbwynt ynghylch yr ymosodiadau awyr ar y penwythnos. Yn ail, hoffwn drafod cost ariannol a pherthnasol yr ymosodiad, cyn symud ymlaen i drafod sut y gallwn ddyblu ein hymdrechion i gynnig hafan ddiogel i'r rhai sy'n ymdopi â chanlyniadau rhyfel cartref Syria. Cyn imi symud ymlaen at fy araith go iawn, hoffwn ailadrodd fy siom fod Aelodau o fainc flaen Llafur yn teimlo nad oedd hwn yn fater digon arwyddocaol i gyfiawnhau dadl. Mae methu cefnogi galwadau Plaid Cymru am ddadl ar y mater hwn nid yn unig yn siomedig ond yn rhyfedd, o ystyried galwadau eu cydweithwyr am fwy o graffu seneddol ar y mater yn San Steffan. Ddoe, mewn cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog, holais gwestiwn syml i'r Prif Weinidog: a yw'n ategu ei ddatganiad o gefnogaeth i'r ymyrraeth filwrol yn Syria? Roedd ei ateb yn ochelgar fel arfer. Heb i unrhyw bleidlais gael ei gwneud yn unrhyw un o Seneddau'r DU, fore Sadwrn rhoddodd y Prif Weinidog ei gefnogaeth i Brif Weinidog y DU a'i phenderfyniad i ymuno yn y bomio a arweiniwyd gan America. Roeddwn am roi cyfle arall, heddiw, i'r Prif Weinidog ateb y cwestiwn hwnnw. Heb unrhyw gymeradwyaeth seneddol, a yw'r Prif Weinidog yn ategu ei ddatganiad o gefnogaeth i Brif Weinidog y DU a'i hymosodiad awyr, gan iddi honni ei fod er budd cenedlaethol Prydain? Ac o wybod yn awr nad yw'r ymosodiad awyr wedi lliniaru gallu cyfundrefn Syria i ddefnyddio arfau cemegol na newid cwrs y gwrthdaro, a yw'n dal i gefnogi'r ymosodiad? Ond nid yw yma ar gyfer y ddadl hon. Rwy'n mawr obeithio y caiff hyn ei ddwyn i'w sylw, a'i fod yn gallu ateb y cwestiynau pwysig hyn maes o law. Nid yw ymosodiadau symbolaidd yn gwneud llawer i helpu pobl druenus Syria sydd angen ateb i'r hyn sy'n argyfwng gwleidyddol a thrychineb ddynol yn hytrach na rhagor o fomiau. Mae rhyfel yn weithgarwch drud. Wrth gwrs, i rai, mae'n broffidiol. Mae gweld cyfrannau cwmnïau fel BAE Systems yn codi gyda'r posibilrwydd o ragor o wrthdaro yn dangos y strwythurau corfforaethol ffiaidd sy'n sail i'r sefydliad amddiffyn. Lansiodd awyrennau Typhoon a Tornado Prydain wyth o daflegrau Storm Shadow. Yn ôl cwestiwn seneddol yn 2011, mae pob un o'r taflegrau hyn yn costio £790,000. Dengys cyfrifiad bras ein bod yn edrych ar gost o fwy na £6.3 miliwn ar gyfer yr un ymosodiad a gyflawnwyd ar y penwythnos. Nid yw hyn yn cynnwys costau'r awyrennau a ddefnyddiwyd i danio pob un o'r bomiau gwerth £0.75 miliwn hyn. Pan fo angen arian i dalu pensiwn teg i'n menywod WASPI, mae'r coffrau'n wag. Pan fo diwygiadau lles crintachlyd a chreulon yn peri i bobl gyflawni hunanladdiad oherwydd anobaith, dywedir wrthym nad oes arian ar ôl. Mae pob un ohonom yma wedi colli asedau a gwasanaethau gwerthfawr yn y cymunedau a gynrychiolwn oherwydd cyni, ond yn achos arfau rhyfel, ymddengys bod gan y wladwriaeth Brydeinig bocedi dwfn iawn. Mae'n warthus fod San Steffan yn gallu honni bod gwario miliynau ar fomio gwledydd tramor o fudd yn genedlaethol tra bo menywod a dynion digartref yn cael clywed nad oes arian ar gael i roi llety iddynt. Mae gennyf gywilydd dweud bod record Cymru ar ffoaduriaid o Syria yn parhau i fod yn siomedig. Wrth ollwng bomiau ar y genedl hon sydd wedi ei rhwygo gan ryfel, mae'n bosibl iawn fod y wladwriaeth Brydeinig yn creu mwy o ffoaduriaid ar yr un pryd ag y mae'n gwrthod cyflawni ei rhwymedigaethau presennol. Cymerodd Cymru ychydig dros 300 o ffoaduriaid y llynedd, ac rwy'n falch o ddweud mai cyngor dan arweiniad Plaid Cymru yn Sir Gaerfyrddin a roddodd gartref i'r rhan fwyaf - 51 - pob un ohonynt o Syria. Eto i gyd nid oedd rhai cynghorau - gweinyddiaethau Llafur ym Merthyr Tudful a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot - wedi cymryd unrhyw ffoaduriaid hyd at ddiwedd y llynedd. Cywilydd. Rwy'n erfyn ar y Prif Weinidog i siarad â'i gyd-Aelodau yn y blaid a'u cael i symud ar y mater hwn. Yma, yn ein Senedd genedlaethol, yn ein cynghorau ac yn ein cymunedau, gallwn achub bywydau. Gallwn gynnig hafan ddiogel i'r bobl druenus hyn. Mae gennym ddyletswydd foesol i weithredu, ac rwy'n dweud eto wrth y Prif Weinidog fod yn rhaid iddo weithredu yn awr i sicrhau bod Cymru yn gwneud popeth a all i helpu pobl sy'n ffoi rhag y rhyfel erchyll hwn. I gloi, fe ellid ac fe ddylid dweud llawer mwy am y mater hynod o gymhleth a phwysig hwn. Fodd bynnag, ar hyn o bryd, hoffwn gloi gyda'r un safbwynt ag a roddais ar y cychwyn: nid yw Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi'r ymosodiad awyr symbolaidd hwn dan arweiniad America ar Syria, ac unwaith eto rwy'n atgoffa'r Aelodau nad yw'r llwybr i heddwch byth wedi ei balmantu ag arfau rhyfel.