You know something's weird when both the leading neocons and Al Qaeda are calling for the Syrian regime to be toppled.

Follow that link to Antiwar.com and you will read that "a new video today from al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri is also calling for international intervention against Bashar Assad, urging Muslim fighters from neighboring nations to join the rebels."

How did we end up on the same side as the people who attacked us on 9/11?

It's complicated but it reinforces Ron Paul's view that we Americans are the last people on Earth who are going to sort out the Mideast.

One of the few Americans who understands just how complicated is Larry Johnson, a former CIA spook I like to chat with from time to time.

In those chats with him and others in the know about the Mideast, I have come to understand why the kind of bozos who live inside the Beltway should stick to running America and not try to run the world.

Here Larry explains why our policy toward Syria is doomed:

And then there's Taki's take on it:

Oh and by the way, the side backed by the U.S. government seems to be killing Christians:

Next time you hear Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum tell you he's got the magic formula for the Mideast, look at Ron Paul and ask yourself why he's considered the crazy one on the stage.