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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Target of Opportunity

So what are the various jihadis invited to Syria to fight in Iraq and Lebanon going to do in the current unrest?

I did warn that the Assad regime could experience blowback one day:

If jihadis who flock to Syria and then cross into Iraq increasingly see Iraq as a one-way ticket to defeat and pointless martyrdom, those jihadis may decide to stick around for an easier target--Boy Assad.
Has Assad managed to keep jihadis out of Syria since their effort to destabilize Iraq failed during our surge?

Or will they add a new dimension to the struggle between the people of Syria and the regime?

Heck, I suppose the regime could make lemonade from these jihadi lemons and use their existence as a pretext to kill their way out of the unrest.