“So Im not betting on the story being true....but man, it would really change the whole strategy at work presently.”
The problem initiating any war is that the moment you do the entire picture changes. The strategy you start with won’t last more than a month and then you either continuously adapt on the ground or you die. (That is the huge problem I see with how the US conducts a war now. It’s run by desk jockeys 12,000 miles away. So, not only does their strategy become obsolete their view is filtered through people who don’t want to tell them they’re failing.)
The thing is a mess and despite what the pro Ukrainian propagandists tell us, nobody is 100% innocent in this mess.
As far as muslims fighting in non muslim fights are concerned, there are plenty of stories about Iranians in Venezuela targeting protesters.
Another problem with wars is that as soon as you get into one, any gang of knuckleheads with a beef against you is going to treat it as an invitation to join in.