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[[File:North-Syria-Map-696x284.png|right|300px|thumb|The Northern Syria jihadi corridor (in grey). Weapons and foreign jihadis enter Syris from Turkey through the jihadi corridor.]]
[[File:North-Syria-Map-696x284.png|right|300px|thumb|The Northern Syria jihadi corridor (in grey). Weapons and foreign jihadis enter Syris from Turkey through the jihadi corridor.]]
===January 2012===
===January 2012===
Just as France and the UK were the driving forces behind Libyan regime change, so to were Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states the driving forces behind Syrian regime change. In Libya, Gaddafi's African unity policy and development bank threatened established French and UK commercial investments. In Syria, Iranian support and the sanctuary given to [[Hezbollah]] - basically a standing contingent of the Iranian Quds Force on [[Israel]]'s northern border<ref>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/18328</ref> - threatened both the Saudi kingdom and Israel. In both cases, Libya and Syria, Obama's policy of leading from behind - giving aid to minor allies who started unnecessary wars - had catastrophic consequences for the men, women, and children on three continents, victims of the parochial ambitions of minor state actors and ambitious career opportunists.
Just as France and the UK were the driving forces behind Libyan regime change, so to were Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Gulf states the driving forces behind Syrian regime change. In Libya, Gaddafi's African unity policy and development bank threatened established French and UK commercial investments. In Syria, Iranian support and the sanctuary given to [[Hezbollah]] - basically a standing contingent of the Iranian Quds Force on [[Israel]]'s northern border<ref>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/18328</ref> - threatened both the Saudi kingdom and Israel. In both cases, Libya and Syria, Obama's policy of leading from behind - giving aid to minor allies who started unnecessary wars - had catastrophic consequences for the men, women, and children on three continents, victims of the parochial ambitions of minor state actors and ambitious career opportunists.
When the history of this era is finally written, the biggest misperception and misnomer to emerge is the Syrian Civil War. There never was a Syrian Civil War. The first shots fired were by foreign actors intent upon regime change.
When the history of this era is finally written, the biggest misperception and misnomer to emerge is the Syrian Civil War. There never was a Syrian Civil War. The first shots fired were by foreign actors intent upon regime change.