syrian national council into taking part well let's discuss what might come out of it with michel chossudovsky he's director of the center for research on globalization he's live in berlin michelle so these western leaders they're all undertaking a last ditch effort to persuade the syrian national council to take part in these forthcoming talks in geneva will they succeed. i think the fundamental issue is to address the nature of the conflict the syrian national council is virtually a defunct organization they've been meeting in spain and called of a spade with other opposition groups but in effect we have to. ask the question is this a civil war between opposing factions within syrian society or is it in fact a war of aggression and i think at the moment what is striking is the fact that. there's a merger of the insurgency in iraq and syria it's the same al qaeda affiliated organizations. in iraq and the levant which are waging war i say waging war against both countries and then the question is who is behind them and we know that these are intelligence operations we know that saudi arabia is

pressure syria's main opposition group that's the syrian national council into taking part but michel chossudovsky he's director of the center for research on globalization says that talking to them is not going to solve the issue of terrorist groups flooding syria . syrian national council is virtually a defunct organization in effect we have to. ask the question is this a civil war between opposing factions within syrian society or is it in fact a war of aggression western leaders are now becoming very aware of the consequences of what's happening on they it's interesting to hear that many are suspecting now that sad may be the lesser of all evils as we just heard a little earlier and yet to today's for friends of syria meeting that was a very different word a message coming from the french foreign minister during that meeting he said the following let's have a listen to what he had to say. contrary to what has been stated we don't have the acid regime on one side and terrorists on the other it is the regime that is fueling terrorism. so sad for jeanne is feeling the terrorism what do you make o

to pressure syria's main opposition group the syrian national council into taking part but michel chossudovsky is director of the center for research on globalization i spoke to him earlier he says talking to them is not going to solve the issue of terrorist groups flooding syria. the syrian national council is virtually a defunct organization in effect we have to. ask the question is this a civil war between opposing factions within syrian society or is it in fact a war of aggression western leaders are now becoming very aware of the consequences of what's happening on day it's interesting to hear that many are suspecting now that sad may be the lesser of all evils as we just heard a little earlier and yet to today's friends of syria meeting that was a very different word a message coming from the french foreign minister during that meeting he said the following let's have a listen to what he had to say. but. contrary to what has been stated we don't have the asad regime on one side and terrorists on the other it is the regime that is fueling terrorism. so it sounds regime is fueling the terr