The Bastards are Fighting Each Other Now?

[JackLuis]

Showdown: World’s two largest terrorist groups about to do battle in Syria

Oh Noes! Who will Obama back?

Eyeing a former ally that has now become a rival for world-wide attention, Al Qaeda is reportedly headed to Syria to take on ISIS for supremacy in the region, reports Business Insider.

According to Ali Soufan, the CEO of strategic-security firm The Soufan Group, the brutal activities of ISIS — also known as ISIL — have led the Muslim world to view Al Qaeda more favorably.

“What ISIS did made so many people in the Muslim world think, ‘Al Qaeda are the good guys. ISIS are the bad guys,'” said Soufan, adding that Al Qaeda wants use the “opportunity off of what ISIS did” to elevate itself in the eyes of those who oppose the West.

While ISIS is proudly brutal — promoting it’s ideology with well-publicized beheadings — Al Qaeda takes the longer view despite having much in common with their rivals.

“You can see Al Qaeda taking advantage thinking strategically,” Soufan explained. “ISIS is not thinking strategically. ISIS is just doing crazy stuff, a lot of violence, trying to bring a lot of people in. ISIS is becoming like a smoke screen. We’re all looking at ISIS all the time. ‘Oh, look, ISIS, they did a video, or they put out another thing of Dabiq.'”

Because of the incessant focus by lawmakers — particularity GOP politicians who are obsessed with the group — officials have begun to look at getting behind Al Qaeda as a weapon to destroy ISIS.

I wonder what Trump will say about this?

 

[sr71plt]

We could supply arms to both sides and let them keep each other busy--as we did in our last sensible Iran-Iraq policy many years ago.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

We could supply arms to both sides and let them keep each other busy--as we did in our last sensible Iran-Iraq policy many years ago.

Sanest thing you have ever posted

 

[Iceprincess12]

Much more exciting than a lynching! Wonder which side will get the most virgins. I'm really hoping for a lot of suicide attacks.