Israel's Afghanistan?

This is why you're often better off with the devil you know than with the devil you don't know. The devil we know is Bashar al-Assad, with whom we've retained a tense quiet for nearly 40 years. The devil we don't know is the Free Syrian Army, a large component of which is the al-Nusra Front. On Wednesday, the al-Nusra Front confirmed what we've all believed all along: It confirmed its loyalty