Syrian rebels are expressing growing anger about the way the US airstrikes in Syria have gone, complaining that not only did the US not strike Syrian military targets, but that they also attacked al-Qaeda’s Khorasan group.
That’s not the US intervention the rebels thought they were signing on for, and they warned that the US targeting of al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra and its compatriots is doing serious damage 5to “moderate” rebels.
The Nusra Front and other Islamist factions have been withdrawing their heavy weapons from northern Syria, particularly the tenuously held Idlib Province, saying they don’t want to be targeted. That’s likely to give Assad forces an opening to retake more lost ground.
The level to which the Free Syrian Army and other factions backed by the US depend on al-Qaeda and ISIS underscores the complexity of the US air war. It’s also likely to fuel more anger from the “pro-US” rebels because the air war really is helping the Assad government on the ground.
Well they created it now they have to eliminate it. Perhaps that's the reason for Obama getting the noble peace prize before but not after. Either way elimination of ISIS is a good thing, is just that if USG going to stop and pack and leave the Middle East after eliminating ISIS.
And what will they create if they do your "good thing" and eliminate ISIS with more of our blood and treasure and then leave? MOJO, you are starting to sound like a neocon. Or worse yet, a gullible American.
Perhaps I should have said, pack and leave middle east for ever, live the problem in Middle East for the people of middle east to solve, Yankee, go home, while at it take your bulldogs with you.
But I have said that many time before, hope you like this one.
Typo:
“…they warned that the US targeting of al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra and its compatriots is doing serious damage 5to “moderate” rebels.”
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Is the US and it’s allies “mowing the lawn?” Grab the popcorn guys, this is going to be fun.
So its out in the open, the US armed and funded 'moderate Syrian rebels' consider al-Qaeda to be their allies…………..and somehow that's OK?
Surely even the dimmest and most bigoted fools should be able to see that something is wrong with the official US state department narrative.
It's not the "narrative" that is all wrong…it's the entire package of what they're saying and doing that is wrong. Their narratives are designed to fit whomever they're talking to and at this point they've completely covered the gamut of desires and wishes. The American people should be completely confused by now – and that's the way the USG wants it – no one can tell who's on whose side…or winning – not that that is a goal.
It's out in the open, again. Recall the original fairytale spun by neocons was that all of the Syrian "rebels" were moderates. Then, when al-Qaeda flags began showing up among "rebel" groups, the neocons insisted they were just a tiny, unimportant fraction of the otherwise "moderate rebels." That narrative also fell apart when the "moderate rebels" posted videos of themselves perpetrating atrocities, videos in which al-Qaeda flags and headbands frequently appeared. Neocons first claimed the videos were photoshopped or staged by Assad supporters trying to make the "rebels" look bad, but that story came apart when the "rebels" themselves admitted their ties to al-Qaeda. The neocon response was to insist that the CIA and US Special Forces advisers were able to distinguish "good" al-Qaeda from "bad" al-Qaeda. That might have worked if "good rebels" hadn't been so quick to leave US training facilities, weapons in hand, and head over to the nearest "bad" al-Qaeda group to enlist on the side that was actually winning. Then came ISIS…
As usual, neocons have been proven to be a) wrong b) liars c) self-deluded, or some combination of all three. Yet they are once again leading the charge for another ME war that is already creating, and will only create more, chaos. Those who have read the Oded Yinon plan, or the updated PNAC plan "A Clean Break:…" will understand why this is happening, and who benefits.
Foreign powers in a civil war — Slavery forever
The “moderate” rebels of Syria, they are equivalent to the Democrat Party in America, as they represent the educated middle-class and are in competition with the rich ruling class (25% most wealthy) over who gets to rule government.
So, if foreign powers are able to overthrow the rich ruling class in Syria, will not the “moderate” rebels always and forever need the foreign powers to oppress and enslave the voting majority? For until people stop being greed driven takers, the majority will always want to be ruled by the rich as they all think that they deserve to be rich.
nicely put…right to the point.
Isn't Obama a fan of Abraham Lincoln and wasn't it Abe who warned "You can kill some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not kill all of the people all of the time"?
Or something like that.
Oh-oh, yes I'm the moderate rebel
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm Al Qaeda, but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I'm the moderate rebel
Adrift in a battlefield all alone
I've played the game but to my real shame
They've left me to fight all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what McCain can't conceal
Yes, I'm the moderate rebel
Laughin' and gay Lindsey Graham's just a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that Assad's not around
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what McCain can't conceal
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that Assad's not around