Addressing the escalating ISIS war, White House spokesman Josh Earnest sought to downplay expectations of the air campaign actually doing anything, insisting the strategy “is reliant on something that is not yet in place.”
That is a Syrian “opposition” faction that is capable of fighting ISIS on the ground evenly, something which flat out doesn’t exist, as ISIS is by far the largest and best equipped rebel faction.
Congress funded an administration scheme to create a new pro-US rebel faction out of wholecloth earlier in the war, though the Pentagon says it has yet to make “critical decisions” on the training strategy.
Even then, the scheme aimed to have 5,000 rebels trained and armed within a year, meaning the US campaign in Syria will be by its own admission spinning its wheels for a solid year, just hoping they can cobble together a brand new force that can somehow rout ISIS.
Aaah so now we're arming them to overthrow ISIS, not Assad. Except everyone in the USG still says they want to overthrow Assad. And USA has been trying to conquer Syria since 1948. This just latest tactic update.
the Syrian Army – which represents the vast majority of Syrians of all political persuasions, could do the job if –
Turkey didn't shoot down Syrian planes that attacked ISIS in north Syria, &
Israel didn't shoot down Syrian planes that attacked ISIS in south Syria.
we already have examples (warnings) in March and September respectively.
get the picture!
Can someone tell the Obama administration that this is nothing more than a mirage.
Iran has seen trough Erdogans regime change in Syria plan, and drew a red line today.
It offered to help Syria and the Kurds to liberate Ayn-al-Arab (Kobani) if Dr. Assad so requests.
That effectively pre-empt an ATO-Turkey invasion. Iranian boots on the ground would certainly be a game changer in US/Zionazi/ISIS attempts to cut off the Syrian north east from the motherland and thereby also Iranian over flights…
ISIS IS the Rebel Force. They are one in the same and we are arming them. The only ones being fooled are the American people.