Ya know that intra-Muslim war that I brought to your attention last night? Man, that was a quickie (via Newmax Insider):
In a reversal of its previous stance, al-Qaida's Yemen-based branch, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, has expressed "solidarity" with the ISIS militants who have been terrorizing Christians and others in Iraq and Syria.
"We announce solidarity with our Muslim brothers in Iraq against the crusade," AQAP declared in a statement reported by the Yemini Times.
"Their blood and injuries are ours and we will surely support them. We stand by the side of our Muslim brothers in Iraq against the American and Iranian conspiracy and their agents of the apostate Gulf states."
The Times referred to a report that AQAP members were in Syria and Iraq, affiliated with ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), while some ISIS militants were training al-Qaida fighters in Yemen.
The AQAP statement, if authentic, would be significant because al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri publicly disavowed ISIS last year, CNS News pointed out. At the time, Zawahiri ordered ISIS leader Ibrahim al-Badri to limit his activities to Iraq. Instead, ISIS extended its operations in Syria as well and has now seized control of portions of both countries.
ISIS is definitely the "strong horse" right now. Which speaks to the timeliness of U.S. airpower glassing eastern Syria and northern Iraq. Nothing takes off that "strong horse" sheen like ascendant jihadists getting butchered and humiliated.
OTOH, even if the Obama Regime did undertake such a mission - which they won't - ISIS has so raised the anti-humanity barbarianism bar that it's not like we can count on al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, et al not to try to out-bloodmist them. Strength begetting strength, and all that. Which is to say, we can't count on our enemies slitting a few of each other's throats before they finish removing all of our heads.
Back to the bomb shelter....
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