Jem, sorry I forgot to ping you to the live thread.
How close is this rally to you?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3987467/posts?q=1&;page=1#1
The Syrian anti-government Islamist faction and al-Qaeda spinoff which has for years occupied Idlib province, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has issued a formal statement celebrating the Taliban’s victory this week in Afghanistan.
HTS called the Taliban conquest an event of “utmost joy and delight” while also saying those fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad “draw inspiration” for what it dubbed “the Syrian Revolution.” This after on Tuesday and into Wednesday HTS oversaw a ‘victory parade’ in honor of the Taliban in Idlib’s streets.
The HTS communiqué, which was subsequently translated into English by regional analyst Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, began by declaring, “With utmost joy and delight we received the news of the conquests of our people in Afghanistan, and their land’s obtaining of freedom from the occupation and its agents at the hands of the Taliban…”.
“And we in the Syrian revolution draw inspiration… from these living experiences and examples that bear witness to holding fast to the choice of resistance and jihad in order to obtain freedom and dignity embodied in bringing down the criminal regime,” it continues.
Further HTS calls the Taliban “brothers” while castigating the “international community” for being “silent about the crimes of Bashar and his aides.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-proxies-syria-celebrate-taliban-victory-afghanistan
It is about 4 hours away. But, I can barely walk downstairs, much less drive to a rally. I’m having to skip it. RATSO!