The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA)’s leader Gen. Selim Idriss has confirmed that his fighters are prepared to not only continue the ongoing civil war in Syria, but to invade neighboring Lebanon outright to fight Hezbollah in that country.
Gen. Idriss blamed Hezbollah for the rebels’ loss of the town of Qusayr, along the Lebanon border. He insisted that this amounted to a Lebanese invasion, and vowed that the rebels would eventually win the war in both countries so long as foreign nations continues to give him equipment and funding.
Since the battle of Qusayr, Syrian rebels have attacked Lebanese towns, targeting Shi’ite neighborhoods and ambushing Lebanese soldiers near the border. Hezbollah also killed at least 12 rebels in a fight in eastern Lebanon over the weekend.
FSA threats to attack Lebanon are nothing new, but at this point it is safe to say that the coastal nation has been brought into the Syrian war, with sectarian clashes spilling over in the north and Syrian rebel fighters infiltrating in the east. This adds to the growing fear that Syria’s war is destined to go regional, with every neighbor Syria has potentially feeling the spillover from the fighting.
So now they are going to start ruining Lebanon as the have in Syria.., UN needs to demand from Saudis to tighten its mercenaries leach real good. Or they be hanged by the Lebanese people.., but I guess UN will go after those who won the war against these barbarians and the Lebanese people whom will act accordingly against these bandits on the run.
So let me see if I got this right. The so called FSA (the Terrorists) face a fraction of Hezbollah’s fighting men and they got their butts handed to them but now they want to go and face the entire Hezbollah force head on. Yeah we know how that’s going to end.
Also Hezbollah is not going to play around and wait for 2 years like Syria did before they deal a blow to the Terrorists. Hezbollah will come to their door steps and bring the fight to their dens.
I guess the Lebanese taste better.
So what does Israel gain from Hez involvement? They weren't successful against them in the past; now they have a no-cost way to observe them in action. There was some strange meme around a while ago — ~'usrael woudn't want Hez gaining experience/notoriety.' But Nasrallah explained some of the advangage vs. Israel to Assange a few years ago; and the obvious 'solution' for them would be more observation. I hope certain cautions are taken.
I really wonder about how smar these guys are. They clear lost in Syria even with the best equipment that Israel, USA and all the old colonial powerfs could provide. Now they want to take on the group that destroyed the Isrsaeli army in 2006 when the3 IDF invaded and quickly departed Lebanon. I actually suspect they feel deserting from Lebanon will be a lot easier.
What further proof do we need to see the evil that lurks in the the hearts of the "rebels". Assad is scum, but these sunni terrorists are a bigger threat to the region and the world than Assad is, or ever was.