Syrian rebels say that the US airstrikes on ISIS inside Syria haven’t helped them. If you’re wondering who is benefiting, the answer could well be ISIS.
Since President Obama announced his intention to strike Syria on September 10, ISIS has gained more than 200 new fighters in Aleppo Province alone. That’s likely a drop in the bucket compared to what it did for recruitment in provinces where they have a larger presence.
The US couldn’t be following the ISIS map more closely if they planned it, as the group is building itself up into a larger and more influential faction primarily on the credibility it gets from being a top US enemy right now, moreso than the territory it gained in the past year.
The administration’s answer to ISIS growing increasingly influential has been to hype them even further, and present them as a new, global enemy that needs to be wiped out through force of arms. Unsurprisingly, that has made many of the people in the line of fire of America’s newest war stand up and take notice, and is bringing a lot of them to ISIS, where they can resist the incoming US attacks on their homes.
So, let's talk numbers…
The US is going to train and arm 5000 "moderate" Syrian rebels, which will take upwards of a year (according to that military genius Dempsey). 5,000…just 5,000…
Meanwhile, the genius' strategy of bombing ISIL has ISIL recruits breaking down the doors on a daily basis (according to the complicit MSM reporting) to get in and fight the evil western Satan. So, just using the numbers quoted above, in one years time, there will be 73,000 ISIL fighters on top of the 30,000 already identified (according to the Pentagon estimates). And that does not even count the current so-called "moderates" who will have jumped sides in the next year or eliminated by ISIL. So, the numbers are telling. The US and the coalition of the ignorant are not interested in the "moderates" – who really don't exist anyway. They are just fooling the Americans who have already said they are not interested in more adventurism in the ME…and they are generally being successful, so far.
The media needs to start questioning the politicians about the numbers – and why exactly they want to bring Assad down because that is the real reason for this madness, IMO. Put them on record as to the whys and the who benefits.