The new “Syrian Safe Zone” that the US and Turkey have agreed to create will be some 60 miles of “moderate insurgent” held territory along the Turkish border. Officials still haven’t decided how wide it will be, but more importantly they also haven’t decided who these moderate insurgents even are.
“We have to sit down with the Turks and figure it out,” noted one official familiar with the situation, who said the US had a much easier time deciding on rebel groups “we absolutely will not work with,” but seem to be struggling to figure out who that leaves.
The obvious choice, in theory, is the US-trained New Syrian Forces (NSF), who were created to fight ISIS in the first place. Giving them territory carved at least in part out of ISIS land would make sense from a US perspective, but the reality is that the US only managed to train 54 people, so they’re not exactly up to the task of ruling the new US fiefdom.
The Kurds would be another candidate from the US perspective, since they are more numerous in the region and are being backed by the US, but Turkey would never allow that, and has been fighting the Kurds as much as ISIS. From Turkey’s perspective, al-Qaeda seems to be the least-objectionable rebel faction, but selling that idea to the US may be difficult as well.
Well, the Kurds are pretty much out, because the whole reason that the Turkish govt wants this "safe zone" in the first place is to prevent the Kurdistan Freedom Movement from connecting all three of its cantons (two of them are connected).
This is called state sponsored terrorist group support. So when certain U.S. Officials call out Iran for being a state sponsor of terror, they are actually looking in the mirror.
Not this baloney again.
If there are any fighting organized by USG and Erdogan regimes against ISIS, then they should support Kurdish and Syrian people whom are on the ground fighting these barbarians, otherwise their action is yet another political scheme as many others as before.
There isn't anyone.
That is because they are terrorists run from outside, whose whole purpose is to destabilize and overthrow a government. It is Wahhabi Sunni regime change, just like al Qaeda in Afghanistan against the Soviets.
The Joint Chiefs have not armed enough folks around the world already with our tax dollars. Just stand down 'CLOWNS!'
Sep 3, 2014 Retired Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney admits “We Helped Build ISIS”
https://youtu.be/Z_zf7GPQqxU
how can these fuckin idiots (amerikkka) only manage to train 54 syrians with all the tens of millions of dollars that are stolen from amerikkkan taxpayers every year?..and they can only…train 54?_amerikkka is a peice of shyt and an empire in decline_
USA the great upholders of democracy except when a country borders Israel elections are not required. Only guns for the opposition to create permanent mayhem and destruction. What the hell is wrong with the UN.
No support should ever be given to any rebel group anywhere if it means carnage of civillians.