During the Iraq war, Syria allowed Islamic militants to use their territory to join the Sunni insurgency. Now the reverse is occurring. Iraqi Sunnis are crossing into Syria to sell weapons to the Syrian rebels and volunteer as fighters! The Syrian civil war is now spilling into the whole region. This is a good development and once we should stand aside and watch.
FALLUJA, Iraq — Not so long ago, Syrians worked to send weapons and fighters into Iraq to help Sunnis fighting a sectarian conflict; suddenly, it is the other way around.
A belated celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday on the outskirts of this western Iraqi city on Saturday quickly took on the trappings of a rally for Syria’s rebels. Young boys waved the old green, black and white flag Syria adopted in the 1930s after declaring independence from the French. Others collected money to send aid and weapons to the fighters opposing President Bashar al-Assad’s government across the border.
It is increasingly clear that Syria’s sectarian war is becoming the regional conflict that analysts have long feared. The rush of recent events — including bombings and assassinations in Damascus and Aleppo, and intensifying violence in northern Lebanon coming directly out of the sectarian hostilities in Syria — suggest that the Assad government now also faces antagonists across its borders.
This is just awesome, I want the Islamic Mideast to collapse into utter chaos. Let these savages destroy each other. Humanity will be better off for it. Bashar Assad deserves everything he is getting.
Tags: Anbar Province, Bashar Assad, Iraqi Sunni, Syrian Civil War
