Iran’s presence has virtually nothing to do with American security. Iranians don’t need a “land bridge” to Syria and Lebanon when they have airplanes. ... There is no way to hermetically seal off Syria from Iran without far more American troops. . ..…
Most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups fighting the government of Bashar al- Assad going to hard-line Islamic jihadists, and not the opposition groups that West wants to bolster, according to American officials and Middle Eastern diplomats... ..…
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