US airstrikes seem to be expanding in scope today in Syria, with four different provinces of the country hit in attacks, including areas where ISIS is virtually non-existent.
President Obama has been insisting it is an oversimplification to say this war is America versus ISIS. Indeed, that’s the case, but while the president is seeking to downplay the scope of the conflict, the signs are that he’s at war with actually a much broader swath of the Syrian rebellion.
Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the other rebel factions that has found itself unofficially a target of the US air war, through the attacks on the non-existent Khorasan faction (which is really just Nusra), slammed the US strikes as a full scale “war against Islam.”
That is an overstatement, of course, but as the US strikes escalate, and the targets span more and more of rebel-held Syria, the more extreme factions of the Syrian rebellion are going to increasingly see this as not a US war against ISIS, but a US war against the rebellion in general.
not confirmed elsewhere, but i wouldn't be surprised iif our ISIS guys have been disappearing over the Turkish border as well. ISIS was never the target. Syrian infrastructure is.
Syria in Last 24 Hours: ISIL Terrorists Fleeing to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
Hundreds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists fled towards the Kuwaiti and Saudi borders as attacks against the ISIL's positions in Iraq and Syria have intensified… http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=1393…
Very interesting ! And very clever made by the hypocrite US commanders of ISIL.
Jabahat al-Nusra, ISIS, and every other terrorists group in Libya/Iraq/Syria are the creation by the forces that are after regime change in Syria and Iran. Such regimes are, Israel, Saudi Arabia. Qatar. Kuwaitis, Swedish King and the Swedish far right regime, the English kingdome, the far right Neo fascism in Europe including David Cameron, the far right forces within labour party of England and far right social democrats in Europe.
Once again, the creation of jabahat al-Nusra, the ISIS and every other terrorists in Syria was for dividing the unity among Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Dividing Iraq is the idea planed and orchestrated by Joe Biden, dividing the unity between, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Iraq and Iran was implemented by Barack Hussein Obama when he continued following the path set by George W. Bush Neo fascism/militarism regime and John McCain when he visited Syria and openly supported these barbarians.
cia or other USG agencies never miscalculated the outcome of their deceptive, fradulant foreign policy, they were the creator, how could they miscalculate their origin plans when they knew who they are dealing with, they knowingly implemented the ideal terrorists forces to create more of their wars which is done for 3rd world war.
Persian gulf is the passage and Saudi Arabian (BP) free oil for us militarism is the source of energy us/eu would need to travel into Indian ocean, Pacific Ocean to China and beyond. Hitler chose the wrong path when he wanted to rich Persian gulf by first going into Russia,, George W. Bush start in right path in conquering and militarizing the entire Middle East by invading and using saudus/Wahhabis terrorism in Afghanistan, The cost of american solders sacrificing their life in iIraq were to high; therefore, Barack Hussein Obama assay in islamization, using Islamists terrorist in middle east give him the noble prize, without taking the nation integrity, countries sovereignty into account, the result is ISIS and Jabahat Al-Nusra unity against the world.
It's not just a war against any group; it's war just for the hell of it so that Obama can say he did something in response to "losing" Iraq.
aljaz did a report yesterday from Kobane, claiming ISIL were firing on the town from all sides, & the Kurds couldn't fight back cos they didn't have TANKS like ISIL. surely ISIL don't have tanks, but Turkey does. my impression is Turkish military are the ones attacking Kobane.
Turkish tanks face ISIL near Syria border
Turkish tanks have been sent to hills overlooking the Syrian border town of Ain al-Arab (Kobane) besieged by ISIL, while a US-led coalition intensified its bombing of the group in northern and eastern Syria.
Their deployment of Monday came after ISIL fired shells near a refugee camp on Turkish soil. At least 15 tanks were positioned, some with their guns pointing towards Syrian territory…
Dekker added that shells hit at least three homes and a school in Ain al-Arab, a largely-Kurdish town known to its residents as Kobane. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/09/…
Last night, I went to buy a gallon of water at a local gas station. The guy behind the counter who has been there for years is Turkish. I started asking him what he thinks about ISIS. He laughed and said ISIS was created by the West. They all know. It's so obvious to anybody with even half a brain.
"…obvious to anybody with even half a brain…"
Well, that obviously lets Congress as well as our MSM off the hook. I saw Boehner came out of his cave the other day to insist that US "boots on the ground" will most likely be required since the Pentagon has already said that aerial bombing is not going to do anything…except reduce Syrian infrastructure to rubble – the same way they did in "Shock and Awe."
I'm getting the feeling that the only plan they have is to send the entire ME "back to the stone age." And ultimately provide the Israelis their "lebensraum."
Earlier this year, Obama wanted to bomb Syria. There was such an overwhelming public opposition to a new Middle East adventure that Obama and the neocons were forced to back down. I recall Justin Raimondo writing that "we did it, we stopped a war".
At that point in time…..what was it, six or eight months ago?…….no one had ever heard of ISIS.
Now suddenly there is ISIS, beheading videos and Obama and the Neocons now have the war they could not have before. Why is it not obvious to everybody what is really going on?
Congratulations …
As I say often: The survivors of US media brainwash are the most intelligent people on earth …
There's this thing about not wanting to know…you know, willing ignorance – makes it much easier to go to sleep each night.
The Obama administration: "An equal opportunity destroyer."
The US is bombing Syria while ISIS (or whatever their US-assigned name is this week) is FIVE MILES FROM BAGHDAD, according to BBC TV news on PBS.
And no one notices the disconnect.
Good thing Americans are a blood thirsty bunch, 'cause there's gonna be plenty to drink.
And in the end, one drinks one's own. (cf: House of the Seven Gables, curse)
Ron Paul: What US does now in Middle East will increase violence
ISIS is just as fraudulent if not more so than Al-Qaeda. What better way to avoid the politically unpalatable "boots on the ground" than to have an ever-evolving proxy army that can be whatever you need it to be, or whatever is most politically expedient on der Homefront.
I'm not surprised at all that some Republican Kongress Kritters are proclaiming the need for boots on the ground. It is sad that they are pushing the President up against the wall for the midterm elections (Dems will lose seats) so he must look tough for all the ginned up Fox News fear-mongering. He must kill the expendable people in order to score political points at home. Can you believe how evil that is?
No wonder Barry wanted to just change the name of the Global war On Terror, instead of ending it. Look at how convenient a stateless group of violent killers on the payroll can be? Move over CIA!
Then after the midterms they can change their hats and go back to being "moderate" rebels or whatever and then go after the Assad regime again!
Notice the conservative people who hate Obama and all he stands for, though when he wants to bomb, invade and/or kill and drone, they are behind him 100%.
Amazing how sheep are so easily led to grazing.
"Mistakenly" hit grain storage, infrastructure — in the name of fighting ISIS. So, where is THIS ISIS/ISIL we are presumably fighting with?
In the neocon mind amongst the other goblins and assorted other nasty nightmares under their beds…