There is no good reason for Scotland to be IN NATO, in fact we would be much safer outside......as someone who lives only a few miles from Coulport, as the crow flies, I would be delighted to see the weapons of mass destruction removed and proper jobs found for those who service them.

Achmelvich is correct, we have been involved in military adventures almost continuously for the last thirty years all of these adventures have been to make political points, not for the good of the people we were supposed to be assisting. Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and soon Syria are lawless wastelands, prefect breeding grounds for the lunatics of Islamic fundamentalism. Even the Falklands was a wild gamble which came off and gave the Tories a few more years of power.

I do not think this state of affairs happened "by accident", I am sure the destabilisation of the Middle East and North Africa was a long term objective of NATO and the West.

Divide and rule being the maxim, but the whole scenario has got out of hand, now it has become a damage limitation exercise.

For a small trading nation we would be much better out of NATO and out of the political machinations of the EU.
The dream lives, and SNP membership keeps growing   over 60,000 from 17'000 in a week........roll on the election and God help Westminster.