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MrBubbles said:

US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell


SUKKARIYEH, Syria – Families in this Syrian village on Monday buried relatives they said died in a U.S. helicopter attack. A U.S. counterterrorism official said American forces killed the head of a Syrian network that funneled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq.

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Ninety percent of the foreign fighters enter through Syria, according to U.S. intelligence. Foreigners are some of the most deadly fighters in Iraq, trained in bomb-making and with small-arms expertise and more likely to be willing suicide bombers than Iraqis.

Syria is a doorway to Iraq for jihadists.  If Syria is unable at the time to take out their enemies than the U.S. will by any means necessary.  Diplomacy 101 will fix any "we going to bomb the shit out of you for attacking our border cities" mentality.  Btw, the US is engaged in a global war, not just Iraq and Afghanistan.  We had/have forces in Pakistan, Lebanon, the Philippines, support and spec ops in Indonesia and Somalia as well as probably some SEALS in the Algerian front, and mass counter-intel and black ops inside Iran and Pakistan.