A small group of US special forces troops entered the Syrian town of al-Rai, already occupied by Turkish troops and were quickly forced to flee from the city, amid vocal threats from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), accusing the US of being “crusaders” and vowing to “slaughter” them.
The FSA, of course, is the centerpiece “moderate” rebel faction of all US cheerleaders of the Syrian Civil War, and heavily backed by the US throughout the war. They are also, interestingly, Turkish-backed, and were indeed brought into this particular region with Turkey as part of the invasion.
Yet all it took was a handful of US troops, five or six according to some rebel sources, showing up to help Turkey with the planned invasion of nearby al-Bab to rile up these “moderates” into threatening to kill the US troops credibly enough that they were actually withdrawn from the area.
While a lot of the rhetoric at the rally demanding the US pullout centered on them not liking Christians and believing Americans to be “infidels,” there is speculation that a lot of the anti-US sentiment is because the US is so closely aligned with the Kurdish YPG, who both Turkey and the FSA are planning to fight.
Indeed, secondary reports indicated that Kurdish YPG forces are flying American flags over the town of Tel Abyad in an effort to try to dissuade Turkey from attacking certain targets within it. The Pentagon has warned against the practice, but while Turkey seems placated enough to work directly with the US on their assorted wars in Syria, the FSA for whatever reason will brook no cooperation, at least in between accepting huge caches of CIA-provided weapons.
It is going to be funny and in fact all illegal and criminal the invasion of Turkey and USA!
To paraphrase Arcade Fire, the Kurds need to wake up and bring their stick up before the US lets the Turks turn them into dust.
That’s been the plan all along.
http://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/
These stupid wars for israel are going great, eh?
Why doesn’t Israel have to send their soldiers to die instead of the ones from this country doing the dying for Israel. Oh and why if we are paying for Israel’s wars are we giving them $38 billion in 10 years?
I think that money should be spent on the people here instead.
I think most Americans think the same thing.
I would hope you are right. But, just based on the noise level, most of what I hear is from those who are in step with those who advocate more for the Israelis. And that, my friend, scares the bejeezus out of me.
they don’t have the troop numbers to fritter away in endless pointless guerilla battles
It’s not easy breaking the alliance between the plutocrats, the wahabists and the zionists.
> a lot of the anti-US sentiment is because the US is so closely aligned with the Kurdish YPG, who both Turkey and the FSA are planning to fight.
What in God’s name is all this fighting? It seems so completely pointless and irrational. Every week new fronts?
The full document, released to Judicial Watch earlier this year via FOIA request, can be found here.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Pg.-291-Pgs.-287-293-JW-v-DOD-and-State-14-812-DOD-Release-2015-04-10-final-version11.pdf
Nov 20, 2015 The One Thing You Need to Know About ISIS
‘Americans please wake up!’
https://youtu.be/vkxFT_hJCdQ
their paychecks must be late.