John McCain and his gang are once again openly calling to arm the Islamist rebels. Carl Levin with the backing of McCain’s side kick, Miss Lindsey Graham is calling for setting up a no fly zone to help the Syrian rebels. The anti-Assad forces are led by al-Nusra Front, which is the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. The allegedly moderate Free Syrian Army is led by the Muslim Brotherhood and relies extensively on al-Nusra for offensive operations against Assad’s forces or Hizb’Allah. These are McCain’s friends.
The Israelis are very worried about what is going on in Syria. They shed no tears for Assad, but worry about an al-Qaeda or Muslim Brotherhood Regime on their northern border. Already, al-Qaeda has deployed fighters to the Syrian portion of the Golan Heights. Israelis are now warning, that the Syrian Jihadists might target them after they are done with Assad and Hizb’Allah.
Haifa, Israel – If jihadi groups fighting to topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad succeed, “[i]t’s us afterwards,” warned Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. General Benny Gantz during a conference last week. “We could be the next challenge for the same organizations.”
The Golan Heights, the border between Syria and Israel, has become increasingly unstable as the Assad regime loses its grip on power and radical Islamist and al-Qaida-inspired elements of the Free Syrian Army – reportedly backed directly or indirectly by the likes of Qatar and Saudi Arabia – move into the void.
The situation in Syria is “liquid, unstable and dangerous,” Gantz said in remarks at the 13th Herzilya Conference on Israeli security. If Assad falls, Syria’s massive arsenal of weapons could fall into the wrong hands. Those jihadi groups would feel tempted to target Israel. As if to reinforce Gantz’s point, Reuters reported last Thursday that 1,000 insurgents have moved into Khan Sheikh, just 15 miles from the Golan, after killing 30 soldiers in a battle for a Syrian government missile squadron south of Damascus.
“The terror organizations are gaining footholds in the territory,” Gantz said.
The Israelis are not taking this situation lightly. Al-Qaeda might begin raids against Israeli positions on the Golan to score propaganda points. They are already filming Israeli troop movements and bragging about “liberating” the Golan in the name of Islam (not Syria).
If Israel should ever get into a war with al-Nusra, they better fight with the gloves off and with without mercy.
John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Carl Levin and others are openly calling to helping Israel’s enemies. How these Senators claim to support Israel is beyond me.
The United States should not be backing an organization that attacked us on 9/11 and killed 3,000 American soldiers in Iraq. It is a disgrace to Americans who lost their lives and their families to support al-Qaeda in Syria.
(Hat Tip: Weasel Zippers)
