// To establish such a zone would inevitably entail shooting down a Russian plane. //
// [Putin] would launch attacks on the European territories which he regards as properly Russian. Europe, in disarray, will go up in flames. WW3 will result. //
The idiocy and complete lack of comprehension of some ABers never ceases to astound me. A no fly zone would take a UN resolution which would never happen because the the US, Britain and Russia have a veto. The Turks shot down a Russia jet a year ago and WW3 was not the result.
// It's a civil war, not Syria v invaders // - Wrong.
If it was a conventional civil war, it would have been over 6 years ago, and Assad would have won in the blink of an eye.
The rebels are mostly foreigners, Islamic terrorists from Arabia and North Africa. Throw in some Turkish Kurds and sprinkle with a generous helping of US arms and ammunition. That is an invasion, not a civil war.
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If Islamic State came to your town, and you did not share their extremists beliefs, you would be murdered. Unless you left before you were murdered.