Virtually every public statement by Syrian rebel factions is accusing the US of “abandoning” or “undermining,” or downright “betraying” them, despite the US continuing to throw money and weapons at those groups.
That’s because they’re losing, at times to Russian-backed offensives, at times to US-armed Kurds,, at times just to ISIS, but always to somebody. As the rebel losses mount, hawkish analysts are joining the criticism, insisting they’re undercutting the rebel effort.
US officials, however, say there really isn’t much they can do. The calls for a “no-fly zone” over Syria are tantamount to calls for a US war on Russia, which obviously isn’t going to happen for the sake of a rag–tag group of rebels. At the same time, the US is backing the Kurdish YPG, but insists it doesn’t have full operational control over them.
Even if they did though, it’s not clear why the US would suddenly turn on the YPG, a faction that’s actually winning fights against ISIS and gaining territory, in the name of saving rebel factions which are, in all honesty, going nowhere fast.
That’s some good news at least. Now if the US/Saudi Arabia/israel/Turkey would stop supporting IS, we might get somewhere.
Kerry and Putin have a deal to end the fighting . The fighting will end when world wide traveling Jihadist can’t get arms supplied by the United States and Russia stops bombing the Jihadists trying to setup a Islamic Caliphate .
“US officials, however, say there really isn’t much they can do. The calls for a “no-fly zone” over Syria are tantamount to calls for a US war on Russia.” The very concept of a “no-fly zone”, where the U.S. reserves the right to down any aircraft flying over Syria, is an act of war, pure and simple (though as usual, undeclared), steeped in arrogance and hubris: Obama has decided that Assad is not the legitimate leader of Syria (though democratically elected) and that therefore Assad’s invitation of Russian military assistance cannot be valid is nothing less than the behavior of a bully looking for trouble.
The “US” betrays EVERYONE. How can anyone trust that foul thing? Hungary 1956, Iraqis 1991, Viet Namese 1972, Our OWN Veterans from Agent orange to Gulf War Syndrome to today’s VA messes ………. you have to be a complete idiot to trust the US. Just ask the Siberian Immigrants.