Guess you missed the "look at history part......" ME history goes back just a little ways before these groups existed..... Yup, just a little, like a few thousand years..........
What did you actually mean, then?
I was pointing out how the vast majority of ME peoples have acted over the centuries, I fully expect this rebel coalition will ultimately collapse and they'll start fighting each other, that is if Assad doesn't ultimately win.
Heck even the US and Europe have allied themselves with "the devil" on occasions when the need was there as we should have done with the Syrian situation. Allying with Assad against the rebels (dancing with the devil) would have seriously hampered or even prevented the rise of ISIS. There were a few of us who knew something like ISIS would arise out of the chaos of Syria as well as being fed by the sectarian issues in Iraq. Basically this is (mostly) Sunni vs Shia, been going on for centuries...... Arab Spring my ass.
The "rebel" groups often went at each other´s throat over control of smuggling routes and shit like that. Usually the groups shatter in times when the Syrian army has the upper hand. If you consider an alliance with the Syrian government "dancing with the devil" I don´t know what you think of that government but nevertheless: Arming any "rebel" group is an act against the Syrian people and aids the Sunni extremism, which most Syrian Sunnis despise.
When I refer to Assad as the devil (in this instance) it's based mostly on media driven perceptions, heck even Saddam kept a pretty tight reign over (most) sectarianism in Iraq. One thing he did was protect the Christians in his country from both radical Sunnis and Shias, remember that Baghdad Bob was Christian.
Secularism is something many radical Islamists declare jihad on and therefore it needs protection.
First they use Secularism to infiltrate the country with their ideology and then they attempt to overthrow it.
2010:
"The decision to ban the burka in Syria, the birthplace of hate preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed, 52, follows calls from parents and students worried that it could lead to religious extremism and support for al-Qaida.
The ban will take place first in universities with plans to extend it to everyday life.
A Government spokesman added: “We have given directives to all universities to ban niqab-wearing women from registering.”
But he said it would not affect women wearing a hijab, or headscarf.
Opponents of the ban say it violates freedom of religion and “demonises” Muslims.
Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of British Muslim youth group the Ramadhan Foundation, said: “I have always supported the right of women to choose how they dress and any attempt to try to stifle the right of Muslim women, as shown by Philip Hollobone, will be strongly challenged.
“The uniqueness of this great nation is its freedom; the right how to dress, speak and live according to one’s own choice. That is why the right of Muslim women to wear the veil should be protected by this Government.”
But Kinda al-Shammat, law professor and women’s rights activist in Damascus, said the ban was in line with the Syrian belief in moderation.
She said the decision could be seen as a step by ministers to enforce its identity as a non-religious government."
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