Read my thread, perhaps? It's about more than just names & 'celebrity' leaders.
Agree bringing up AQ/IS is dumb propaganda, but, come on, how are FSA and SNA not directly linked? SNA is universally understood as FSA-continuous, politically and organizationally, and pretty much every surviving CIA-vetted/MOM-backed group is now in SNA.https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1187772711034068994 …
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I did read your thread. All factions recruit new foot soldiers & fall under new influences—doesn't make them unrelated to their past. You yourself consistently identified SNA with the FSA concept/legacy, more or less until the moment SNA got too politically toxic. For example:pic.twitter.com/hXEQegzXsc
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Ahrar al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sharqiya were both created by al-Qaeda leaders. There are hundreds of former al-Qaeda/ISIS fighters in SNA. Of course they are linked.
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Some people just can't let go of the fantasy that FSA could have liberated Syria -- complete with 'happily ever after' democratic outcome -- from Assad with US help.
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Iraq was never open society.
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