Maybe the Mayans Were Right

In just ten days, the world will end. So said the ancient Mayans according to some interpretations of their old inscriptions. Given the news today, maybe they were right.

Here is two paragraphs of an article from Long War Journal yesterday:

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, and allied jihadist groups took control of the last major Syrian Army base in western Aleppo after a two-month-long siege. The base is believed to be involved in Syria's chemical weapons program.

The Sheikh Suleiman base is rumored to be involved in the Assad regime's chemical weapons program. The base "contained a clandestine scientific research whose purpose was unknown even to the rank and file," AFP reported in late November, based on a claim from a soldier who defected.

Have units associated with al Qaeda just obtained chemical weapons from Syria? If so, the implications are horrific. Where will al Qaeda use those weapons? Will there be simultaneous attacks in Afghanistan, America, Israel, England and Germany? Will millions die when nerve gas spews forth on the streets of major cities? Will Israel retaliate with its nuclear arsenal? What will the response be by the USA?

One thing is clear: it is not hard to imagine the entire world spinning into war with major death and destruction if these weapons of mass destruction are used by terror groups.