Lucas-Rio on 22 November 2011
| lordmandeep said: yeah let us not forget if it was not for NATO, Gadaffi would have had defeated the rebels. |
Yes, and it took 7 months of intensive bombing on a 4 millions people country to beat a weak 10 000 men army of mercenaries, voluntaries or tribesmen.
There are 200 000 Alawites in Syria's army. And they are the profesionnal one, not the conscript. Syria also does have weapons and at this point is not even under embargo with Russia still supplying them.
Turkey can only intervene with NATO air support, without that their army is at risk and without to mention that the whole staff of their army just resigned to protest the governement islamists goals. Jordan is not even a factor while Lebanon is controlled by Hezbollah.
