…It is a society which has never risen above rule by strongman, by gang leader. What was Saddam Hussein, this thug with his two psychopathic sons, if not a gang leader, not the head of nation?

Same with Gaddafi. Same with all of them. They say in Syria there have been hundreds of cells opposed to the regime that never unite and even spend time killing one another.

These are our neighbors now joined by the Debka cited encampment along the Golan border who have taken the place of Assad’s army and police.

I doubt they pose any strategic threat. If Israel wants to wipe them out tomorrow, it could with a morning’s work of sorties and bombing runs.

I imagine for them their presence is as much for a kind of tourism so they can, back home, tell the folks they actually looked into Israel, land of the Satan’s helpers, the Jews…