http://news.yahoo.com/turkeys-gul-sy...104235427.html
Reuters – 45 mins ago.....
AMMAN/PARIS (Reuters) - France called on Wednesday for a "secured zone to protect civilians" in Syria, the first time a major Western power has suggested international intervention on the ground in the eight-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
Foreign Minister Alain Juppe also described Syria's exiled opposition National Council as "the legitimate partner with which we want to work," the biggest international endorsement yet for a nascent opposition body that seeks to overthrow Assad.
Asked at a news conference after meeting the SNC president if a humanitarian corridor was an option for Syria, Juppe ruled out military intervention to create a "buffer zone" in northern Syria but suggested a "secured zone" may be feasible to protect civilians and ferry in humanitarian aid.
"If it is possible to have a humanitarian dimension for a secured zone to protect civilians, that then is a question which has to be studied by the European Union on the one side and the Arab League on the other side," Juppe said.
"The French have tried to position themselves in a position of leadership, first with Libya and now here," said Hayat Alvi, a lecturer in National Security studies, at the U.S. Naval War College. "Military intervention in Syria is a very different prospect of that in Libya, but we could well see an increase in covert action."
The Arab League has suspended Syria's membership over the conflict, one of the most important signs of Assad's isolation, but has shown little appetite for international intervention.
Britain said it welcomed the opportunity to discuss the French proposal and repeated its call for Syria to end human rights violations.
Syria's bloodshed could pitch the Muslim world into "the darkness of the Middle Ages," Turkish President Abdullah Gul said, some of the strongest language yet showing global anxiety as one of the core Mid-East countries slides toward civil war.
In Brussels, an EU diplomat said European Union governments were considering a new range of sanctions against Syria that would bar investment in Syrian banks, trading its government bonds and selling insurance to state bodies.
Thousands of soldiers have deserted the regular army since it started cracking down on the eight-month protest movement. Some have formed rebel armed units loosely linked to an umbrella "Free Syrian Army" led by officers in Turkey.
SYRIA ARMY REINFORCES NEAR BORDER
Syrian defectors say they are hopeful that Turkish troops will create a safe haven within Syria. Defectors say they could use such a zone as a staging ground to mount a rebellion.
Syrian deserters and civilians in refugee camps and villages in Turkey close to the frontier say the Syrian army has reinforced its positions in border areas.
Syria appears to be on the brink of a Libya-style armed insurgency. Many experts say Assad, who can depend mainly on the loyalty of two elite Alawaite units, cannot maintain current military operations without cracks emerging in the armed forces.....snip~
There you have it.....The French causing all this $#@! because they want to lead the way. Turkey officers leading Rebels. Sanctions. Syria does not have any big oil reserves but what they do have was feeding the EU. The French play a deadly game thinking they are going to $#@! us over in the long run with the EU and their Democratic Socialistic Agenda that will never be paradise. That the French want to be the Leader of the EU. To be it's President to rival us. "For what'.....if we are all one big happy family in the NWO?
This is ridiculous that all the other Western Powers would allow the French to get out there in the spotlight. To let the French dictate things. Especially militarily. When they could not win a conflict on their own and is it was only against a 3 world country. Tell me they are not manipulating the UN. Who then looks to have NATO go into another Country.
So when the Rest of the World Cries out that the US should have a Safe Zone for immigrants what will all say then? That they want to intervene into our country for humane reasons. To stop us from locking up and mistreating illegals.
Tell me why the French get to play to the World stage when they have sat on their azzes never having to pay for $#@! to cover themselves? Why should France be allowed to dictate anything to us? Better yet why would we listen to anything the French has to say. Or even suggest? A Country filled will Communists all calling themsleves Socialists because now they are into Capitalism. Touting we are Democracry We are Democratic.
Who is pushing the envelope here? Certainly not us. Naturally the Arab league doesnt want to talk about military intervention. They never do. Especially when it comes to getting their hands dirty. Should the Alawite the Closest Descendants to the original Syrian inhabitants be removed so the Sunni can set up another puppet government for the French and Western Allies?
The Arabs show this is not about Tribes anymore. This about Islam and their division with Sharia law. Are we to believe that all Shia are terroists and extremists while the Sunni are not? What the Sunni wearing some Old Spice and running around the World saying we are civilized. Yet are in control of governments that surround them and look to do so with the rest of the world.
Did all forget the timeline.....Soon the Sunni will have no more reserves to tap. Then what do you think the picture will look like even tho we wont be here. Meaning those of us here now. Though if ya 35 and under and live to be 80 or 90 yrs old you may get to see it first hand.