BBC Now Reporting Hezbollah Ops in Syria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21496735

The Hezbollah ops were coordinated with the Syrian Air Force. So now we have numerous reports of the Iranian-armed Shia militia in Lebanon intervening in Syria.

One could say great! Let's stand by and watch two groups we dislike fight each other. And there is something to be said about such a Realpolitik line of reasoning. The downside is that 70,000 people are already dead (up from 60,000 in less than a fortnight), the levels of brutality are increasing steadily, and it is going to be hard to stand aside forever. And when we do finally take some kind of action, there are going to be many Syrians who will blame us for delaying so long.

But, then again, we've watched as the Algerians have butchered each other for the past twenty years and 200,000 dead.

But I don't think Assad is going to last twenty years. And what do we do if an al-Qaeda affiliated outfit takes Damascus and Assad's conventional and chemical arsenal?