What the fuck re: Syria

[wufwugy]

great article on the motivations for the related powers

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/06/thes...y_war_partner/

[jackvance]

great article on the motivations for the related powers

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/06/thes...y_war_partner/

Great article indeed! Two remarks

Perhaps the most effective fighting force within Syria has been the Jabhat al-Nusra front, an Al-Qaeda linked group.

Am I alone in finding "Al-Qaeda" and "links to Al-Qaeda" nothing more than buzzwords at this point? I mean do they still exist? Who are they, where are they? Are we sure that "Al-Qaeda" is still the same thing as it was under Osama bin Laden?

Israel’s preferred outcome of the conflict is to have no solution at all—to have both sides, neither of whom Israel particularly likes, fight and bleed each other dry.

Very true. Israel is a weird thing actually, while at the same time an interesting (for lack of a better word) force in the neverending power struggle in the arab world. But their whole existence is such a fickle balance, crazy.