[Pocketprotector]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world...n/2075323/

BEIRUT — A Syrian rebel group's April pledge of allegiance to al-Qaeda's replacement for Osama bin Laden suggests that the terrorist group's influence is not waning and that it may take a greater role in the Western-backed fight to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The pledge of allegiance by Syrian Jabhat al Nusra Front chief Abou Mohamad al-Joulani to al-Qaeda leader Sheik Ayman al-Zawahri was coupled with an announcement by the al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq, that it would work with al Nusra as well.

Lebanese Sheik Omar Bakri, a Salafist who says states must be governed by Muslim religious law, says al-Qaeda has assisted al Nusra for some time. ......

[csmith]

Its okay though, we wont be arming or funding that particular group

[das]

Last night Hannity or O'Reily mentioned that they stated when they are done in Syria they coming for the U.S. So sure give them weapons right? What could possibly go wrong with that. Yet he is still worried about us having weapons.

[Philadelphia Patriot]

I don't know why we can't just sit back, crack open a beer, and watch the rest of the world burn? We have our own problems to deal with.