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Syria says Turkey's bid for NATO missiles 'provocative'

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Not quite as "provocative" as murdering women and children at close range as a method of intimidation or targeting hospitals for attack buy hey, we NATOites are not as experienced as the Assad dynasty.

"Others want to impose democracy in Syria through the force of weapons and this will only lead to destruction." Leaving aside the fact that all people around the world want to (and have the inalienable right to) pick thier leaders, I would ask, "You mean, unlike now?"

One day the Russians will rue the day they threw their lot with this thug. I hope the new Syrian govt. remembers who its friends were and were not. I just hope that day comes soon. The average citizen has suffered more than enough.

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NATO says Syria bombing everything that moves 'provocative." But then again when you have millions of "terrorists" in your country I guess you can launch strikes anywhere and be assured that you'll hit something. Like Assad is doing.

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contain the rebels - who have enjoyed sanctuary in Turkey

So Turkey is providing sanctuary to Al Qaeda? Who's the criminal state here?

Rebels appear to have been advancing in recent weeks, seizing several military bases in the eastern oil-producing province of Deir al-Zor,

For those who wonder why there's so much international attention on Syria, take note of the words "oil-producing", if your IQ is above 10, the rest will be self-evident.

advantages seen by rebels near the northern border with Turkey, where the fighters can go in and out easily.

Isn't it against international law to allow armed thugs to cross borders with AK47s and grenades in hand?

Iraqis are slipping in to fight on both sides

What's this? Iraqis are involved? That's funny, what about all the posters claiming that there are no foreigners on the Islamic rebel side. This is supposed to be a "spontaneous", "domestic" uprising right?

rebels who include Islamist militants

Wait a minute, the rebels are supposed to be fighting for "freedom" and "democracy" and "Western values" right. So what type of government are these rebels fighting for anyways?

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So Turkey is providing sanctuary to Al Qaeda? Who's the criminal state here?

Where does it say that?

What's this? Iraqis are involved? That's funny, what about all the posters claiming that there are no foreigners on the Islamic rebel side. This is supposed to be a "spontaneous", "domestic" uprising right?

Actually, I would have thought Iraq was the first place foreign fighters came from. Can you tell me who has been claiming there are no foreign fighters? Everyone I can think of in this discussion has recognised the presense of foreign fighters.

rebels who include Islamist militants

Am I right in interpreting that quote to mean that some, or a portion of the rebels are Islamic militants? That seems the be the literal meaning of the quote, doesn't it? I'm curious to know why you have interpreted it to mean all the rebels?

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NeverSubmit,

"That's funny, what about all the posters claiming that there are no foreigners on the Islamic rebel side."

Since no one on JT has seen any post suggesting such nonesense, I think it's fair to say these posters are all in you head, like the Blackwater mercenaries you fantasised about before they suddenly, somehow, morphed into al Qaeda terror bots overnight.

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Syria on Friday condemned Turkey’s request for NATO to deploy Patriot defence missiles near their common border, calling it “provocative”, after a spate of clashes there that has raised fear of the Syrian civil war embroiling the wider region.

Yes, it is an asymmetrical response and an opportunistic move to further militarize the area, pushing it closer to the threshold of region-wide conflict.

Iraq’s majority Shi’ite Muslims largely support Assad, whose Alawite minority, derived from Shi’ite Islam, has dominated the country for 42 years. Sunni Muslims in Iraq generally support the revolt, which is spearheaded by Syria’s Sunni majority.

This holds out nothing but further prospects for sectarian strife, perhaps realigning the demographic makeup of several countries along sectarian lines.

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Never Submit

For those who wonder why there's so much international attention on Syria, take note of the words "oil-producing", if your IQ is above 10, the rest will be self-evident.

Naturally the international community would be this upset at a country who produces less than 1% of the EU's oil imports and whose oil production is less than a third of what Texas produces. Yes, oil definitely has to be the reason...

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