Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Hezbollah Unmasked [View all]Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)while I was replying to you yesterday, I was going to mention something about "the really interesting part comes when Iraq stops its policy of effective neutrality on this nonsense", but I didn't go back and edit it in. This evening, I read this: "Iraqi forces attack FSA positions inside Syria"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014412527
I really don't appreciate it when real events use my thoughts as a basis for their occurrence. My brain is a dark place and shouldn't be mimicked..
I feel this sort of thing has been due for a long time, Iraq is way too familiar with what is going on next door to have stayed out of it for long. Many commanders in the so-called FSA and the Nusrah front / Sheikh Ar`ar gangs are veterans from the Iraq war. Nusrah's point-man in Lebanon is even a cousin(?--nephew? I forget) of Zarqawi. The current seperatist movement in the western provinces is tied directly to events in Syria, armed and directed by the same GCC monarchs.