[muawiyah]

Something like that.

Isn't it amazing the allies you pick up when you start getting rid of the jihadis?

Ol' Haffas Assad (the top Alawi) had a dickens of a time with a village full of Sunni Arabs who thought they knew some stuff ~ he wiped them out ~ men, women, children ~ 20,000 in all ~ at considerable cost. His son simply encourages these guys to go to Iraq, and we spend the money, not him!

[Kewlhand`tek]

i wonder if its like the battle bus the gla has in command and conquer generals :p

[JustDoItAlways]

Sealing the border should not be a problem.

A few days of accidently dropping weapons on "wedding party buses" from Syria should do the job.

I'm sure all the pros and cons of various actions have been reviewed and the answer probably came out, let them in and we'll take out the hothead Islamists one-by-one over time.

[BIGLOOK]

If I recall correctly, the Hashimite king of Jordan did the same sort of thing to troublesome Palestinians years ago. This action swelled the refugee camps in Israeli captured territory.