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Originally Posted by _Richard_
i thought they had been there for months.. is the public statement of this fact so important?
peculiar
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They've been rumored there for a while - with the unexpectedly increasing # of casualties letting the cat of the bag beforehand - but Nasrallah's statement basically saying they're *publicly* going "all-in" in Syria IMO is telling. Hezbollah is as much a political force as they are a military one. Now all their political capital is being wagered on the gamble that Assad prevails and they're not going to fuck around sending token forces out of loyalty, they're in it to win it.
With Hezbollah directly involved you run a very real chance of the conflict spilling into Lebanon at the very least, and the risk of Iran & Israel getting further drawn in increases too.
The way things are going and all the parties now involved, I just can't see it getting any better before it gets a lot worse. Hopefully I'm wrong on that.