I watched several of the insurgent posted videos for the first time in a while last night.
Good lord what a largely undisciplined band of effing clownshoes. The one chubby guy who likes to step out and shoot RPGs without using the sights, and one-handed, might as well be throwing gang signs as he struts back behind cover. I want to punch him in the head everytime I see his goofy mug show up.
That they are holding their own at all is remarkable, but their donkey's rear end brethren in Iraq put up a similar fight and sometimes fared well too. A good all-out frontal assault by disciplined infantry might surprised the regime in terms of how effective it could be. But we've seen the quality they have as well.
Risk aversion prolongs things. Sometimes folks just need to tuck in the chin and get down to business. Syria is an existential threat for both parties involved, and they are fighting it like some sandlot game at times.
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