Hillary Clinton, John McCain, David Petraeus and other hawks have long called for a no-fly zone over Syria.
The U.S. is now sending F-15 jets [3] to Syria.
That should terrify Al Qaeda and other baddies, right?
Nope … Al Qaeda leaders are actually begging for a U.S.-imposed no-fly zone.
American reporter Reese Erlich interviewed several top Al Qaeda leaders in the area including Abu Qatada, and they told him [4] they feel that the U.S. has been too weak in Syria, and America should have introduced shoulder-fired missiles to shoot down Assad’s planes, and set up a no-fly zone over Syria.
Erlich says that Al Qaeda sides with Clinton, McCain and Petraeus in calling for a U.S.-imposed no-fly zone.
Why?
The A.Q. leaders explained to Erlich that – in the short run – increased U.S. intervention would topple the Syrian leader Assad, who is one of Al Qaeda’s main enemies.
In the long run, they explained, Al Qaeda would end up with [5] all of the U.S.-provided weapons, and so they would be able to take over in Syria.
Strange bedfellows [6] …