"I am sure the destabilisation of the Middle East and North Africa was a long term objective of NATO and the West."

Ludicrous creating an unstable Middle-East and North Africa is of benefit to NATO? and the "big,bad, West" in what way Akenaton?

"Divide and rule being the maxim"

Really? Whose? Pray tell where have either NATO or "The West" divided and ruled in the entire 65 years of their existence?

A small trading nation is correct - become independent and you lose 80% of your trade at a stroke.

Choice between creating a Scottish Defence Force and increasing benefits by £2 a week and the vote will go for benefits, resulting in the situation where anyone can fish out your waters and anyone could take over your offshore oil and gas fields then hold them to ransom - independent Scotland would not be able to do a single thing about it.

SNP membership growing? All that proves is that there are at least 60,000 truly certifiable eedjits in amongst Scotland's population of some 5,313,600 people {That amounts to 1.12% of the population}.