Scary biscuits time there alright. But funnily enough, I reckon that there would be some way of the other NATO members to find a way out of Article 5.

Reason I say this is because of the unwavering support shown thus far to the Syrian regime, by those bastions of human rights Russia & China.

Why exactly should Syria have been sorted out months ago? Did Syria do something out of the ordinary? Last time I checked it was the subject of a proxy invasion and was doing its best to stave terrorists attacks and atrocities and maintain its sovereignty.
You must be of the school of thought that the armed opposition in Syria are Syrian nationals when it business known they are mainly made up of Foreign Jihadists.
You probably also believed the Western propaganda that there was an actual uprising in Libya.

“Did Syria do something out of the ordinary?”

Mass slaughter of your own citizens is pretty out of the ordinary where I come from.

Beware of the voices B Lowe…..Beware…

Seam, there have been atrocities on both sides but without a doubt the majority of them have been vomited by the so called ‘rebels’. The only ones doing the slaughtering on a large scale are the rebels. They were killing farmers for harvesting crops, government postal workers for doing their job, using members of Christianity as human shields, they are currently starving out entire towns and villages in the Aleppo region by blockading them off, they have chopped off the hands of border guards before decapitation them, they have put on the record that they will attack civilians airports and airlines, numerous mass graves have been discontinued be reduced in former rebel areas. It goes on and on.
These are foreign Islamic jihadists on the whole, not rebels and are nasty business just as they were in Libya.

I agree with B Lowe here, it is known that the ‘civil war’ in Syria is mainly made up of mercenaries although I do agree there are some Syrian nationals taking up arms. People have to be careful with what they watch on Sky News and other such organisations.

It’s wise to be sceptical but the foreign element may be exaggerated too. It’s hard to be categorical about these things as there is so much mixed information coming out of Syria. This interview is interesting though. It’s with a FSA leader.

EI: Is the media exaggerating the narrative of Syria becoming a landscape for transnational jihad?

Najjar: When Arab governments fail to support an Arab nation, it’s only normal for people to come and stand with Syrian fighters. Non-Syrian fighters do not amount for more than 15 percent of the FSA. They are all known to us.

There’s also nothing wrong, a priori, with non-Syrians coming to Syria to fight. It’s all about what their agenda is and that is difficult to discern and will depend on the particular brigade. In other words, generalising on this point seems unwise.

Irish people went to fight in the Spanish Civil War, and quite rightly too.

Why do I get red thumbed for asking B Lowe a question?

Give it a rest. You’ve been asked multiple times to provide evidence of your claims yet you still haven’t provided a single shred.

Yeah those jihadist children must be a real problem ……. get real.

I have provided countless links countless times Jason. From Doctors without Borders admitting well over half of injured rebels they treat in Aleppo are foreign fighters to former Free Syrian Army officers who have admitted well over 70% of population of Aleppo supports the Assad government. With regard to large numbers of Al Qaeda operating among so called ‘rebels’ you only need to look at US themselves who have admitted this.
All this information is out there. Google it. Just don’t go looking up the BBC or any other major Western media outlet as they gave taken to calling rebel executions dispatches instead.

B Lowe I think your right in terms of the fact that there are numerous factions fighting a war with the Assad regime, which makes the whole conflict a complete mess. But Assad’s government pushed the people there to far and we are now seeing the repercussions of the governments actions. Do you honestly believe that the United States wants to deal with another potential Iran in the future… it goes against their interests.

I wouldn’t call this video evidence but trying to prove I’m not alone in believing it is mercenaries which is doing the majority of the fighting. http://youtu.be/GDRxd65bGyc

you do not have a clue what your talking about in regards to Libya, my father is Libyan he lives in Tripoli and fought in the uprising, I have had many converstations with him about it and there was 99% Libyans in the ‘rebels” ranks just because the U.S supports one side doesn’t mean they’re mersonaires.

What’s “Palestine” got to do with whats going on in Syria?

It’s hasn’t been cleansed entirely yet, toorkeel.

Actually Palestine could have a lot to do with it. I read an interview recently that claimed the Islamist fighters in Syria want to set up an Islamic state from which they can attack Israel. Of course it’s speculation but it does make sense.