Who knows where they came from. The Mideast is a center of fanatics, murderers, Assassins, liars and crooks. Everyone has an agenda and there are plots and counter plots, conspiracies and counter conspiracies, intrigues, treachery, duplicity and who knows what else. The leaders are corrupt murderers who have learned to survive by playing both sides against the center and nothing is ever the way it looks. It is the tinderbox of the world, the center of terrorism and every enemy we have is involved some way so we have to be involved. But, it is always bad news to be too involved and whenever possible it is best to leave these people alone to kill each other in peace.
That is the crux of the matter.
It’s like a real life Survivor episode.
Syria is a cage match. We should just watch.