Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Quote of the Day

From an Agence France-Presse article on the Yahoo News website, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks about Wahhabism, the version of Islam predominant in Saudi Arabia. Assad says:
The Syrian people and some peoples in the region know how serious the threat posed by Wahhabism is, and everyone must contribute to the confrontation against it and to eradicating it from the root.
Although COTTonLINE is no fan of Assad, we understand that people we don't admire sometimes see and speak the truth too.

Both sides in the Syrian conflict are enemies of the U.S. - Assad and his Iranian allies as well as the Sunni jihadis and their Saudi allies. The ideal outcome would be if both sides lose, best exemplified by a prolonged, bloody stalemate that consumes both groups.