Routed last week by ISIS, the defeat of the US-backed New Syrian Army at al-Bukamal was an embarrassing setback for US attempts to prop up factions to fight ISIS along the Syrian border with Iraq. The Pentagon is already making excuses.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter confirmed that there is an ongoing internal investigation, after the US warplanes committed to the Bukamal offensive were diverted to Iraq, to attack a convoy trying to flee south Fallujah.
Officials were eager to brag about the Fallujah strikes last week, claiming hundreds of ISIS fighters killed, though that has been somewhat tempered by reports of civilian family members of ISIS being among the slain. It also came at the cost of bailing on the New Syrian Army, and getting them slaughtered by ISIS.
Which itself isn’t cost-free for the US, as Pentagon officials confirmed evidence that the fleeing New Syrian Army left behind a lot of US-provided weapons and equipment, and that gear is now believed to be in the hands of ISIS, yet more US-made gear for an ISIS force already awash in it from years of war.
When are people going to realize that the so-called “moderate rebels” supported by the US are there for one reason and one reason only: to get MORE weapons into the hands of ISIS. The Pentagon and CIA arm them, then they get slaughtered and the weapons end up in ISIS hands.
This is DELIBERATE, people! The CIA can’t arm ISIS directly so this is the method that is used. Anyone with half a brain knows that a handful of schmucks can’t defeat the more powerful ISIS, let alone Assad, so why else do you think these idiots are being showered with arms? They’re sacrificial lambs used to covertly transfer arms to ISIS.
“…ongoing internal investigation…”
Yeah, right. Carter is waiting for the hubbub to die down and disappear – and then move on. If inquiries continue, they’ll pull the “investigation” results out of the drawer and release them declaring the predictable outcome, of course.
“lot of US-provided weapons and equipment, and that gear is now believed to be in the hands of ISIS” Is this the exact same way clinton paid off he supporters by allowing thieves access to the goodies?
meantime at conspiracy theories are us , the missing us aircraft may be gone because the superior Russian air force shot them down or chased them away, so now they need an excuse to buy more.
don’t put anything past these same dudes that pulled off 911. Keep the cameras on the Sears towers.
Just like WWI and WWII against the Germans and the Nazis, the US steps in at Fallujah after others have done all the hard work with some minor attacks to ‘prove’ that it is against ISIS ‘all along’.