CNN: Report: Syria's al-Nusra 'more dangerous' than ISIS
Washington (CNN)Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, is a greater threat to the United States in the long term than is ISIS, making the United States' current single-minded focus on the latter group misguided, a new report is charging.
Al-Nusra is "much more dangerous to the U.S. than the ISIS model in the long run," according to the authors of a report labeling both groups "existential" threats. The report was released last week by the Institute for the Study of War and American Enterprise Institute.
The report criticizes the administration's ISIS-centric strategy, saying, "Any strategy that leaves Jabhat al-Nusra in place will fail to secure the American homeland."
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WNU Editor: The U.N. sees both groups equally dangerous (see above video) .... Syria talks to seek ceasefire, excluding ISIL and Nusra (Al Jazeera).
WNU Editor,
ReplyDeleteBut,but,but Petraeus said they were our BFF's:
http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2015/09/03/petraeus-us-can-work-with-al-nusra-members-against-isis
And he wasn't alone:
http://attwiw.com/2015/06/02/making-your-biases-plain-to-see/
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/the-empty-critiques-of-obamas-mideast-policy/379433/
Jay, that's like, so last year.
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DeleteTechnically, 6 months ago,
http://www.juancole.com/2015/09/years-israel-tempted.html
But you are right, thinking like that is so 2015.
"It is heresy to say so in hyper-capitalist Trumpland, but everybody might have been better off if Reagan had just left the Communists in Afghanistan alone."
DeleteNo $#'+. I thought that after being there for about two weeks. We are seeing the same thing emerge, in my opinion, regarding the Kurds/PKK, Marxists/communists/socialists are always a bigger threat than fascists of any stripe.
Senator McCain won't buy it.
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