Sponsoring jihadis in a foreign conflict may or may not help the sponsor government's chosen side win the war, but historically there has always been one certainty: blowback. Jihadis have never failed to eventually turn on their sponsors, if they get the chance.
Qatar isn't funding jihadis in Somalia (to anyone's knowledge) -but they are likely funding militants linked to al Qaeda either directly or indirectly in Syria.
The fact that al Qaeda-linked militants bombed a military convoy carrying a Qatari delegation in Mogadishu this morning should give the Qataris pause about their strategy in Syria.
There aren't enough bars jihadis would go to. Nowhere you could go, sit with a drink, and eavesdrop on the messy, convoluted and contradictory mess that is violent jihadism around the world. So instead we have the imaginary Sharaaabtoon, a place where various self-proclaimed mujahadeen will be brought forth to be seen and overheard, just as if they were the clientele of a bar. Remember: no shahada, no service. Twitter: @Sharaabtoon
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