[boycott]

Remind me who we’re giving them weapons to kill.

[Ingtar]

...turmoil between factions favored by the West (those allied to al-Qaida) and other jihadist groups.

Corrected to reality.

[Dr. Pritchett]

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Good. It won’t take as long for Assad to crush the Al Qaeda terrorists and restore order in Syria then.

[bgill]

Have they ever not fought with each other?

[soycd]

I don’t see a downside. If Assad can hold on long enough, his troubles will be fewer.

[dfwgator]

Lifted from “The Life of Brian”

BRIAN: Excuse me. Are you the Syrian People’s Front?
REG: —— off! ‘Syrian People’s Front’. We’re the People’s Front of Syria! Syrian People’s Front’.
Wankers.
BRIAN: Can I... join your group?
REG: No. Piss off.
BRIAN: I didn’t want to sell this stuff. It’s only a job. I hate Assad as much as anybody.
JUDITH: Are you sure?
BRIAN: Oh, dead sure. I hate Assad already.
REG: Listen. If you really wanted to join the P.F.S., you’d have to really hate Assad.
BRIAN: I do!
REG: Oh, yeah? How much?
BRIAN: A lot!
REG: Right. You’re in. Listen. The only people we hate more than Assad are the f-—— Syrian People’s Front.
P.F.S.: Yeah...
JUDITH: Splitters.
P.F.S.: Splitters...
FRANCIS: And the Syrian Popular People’s Front.
P.F.S.: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
LORETTA: And the People’s Front of Syria.
P.F.S.:Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
REG: What?
LORETTA: The People’s Front of Syria. Splitters.
REG: We’re the People’s Front of Syria!
LORETTA: Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.
REG: People’s Front! C-huh.
FRANCIS: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?
REG: He’s over there.
P.F.S.: Splitter!