While US officials continue to present their forces inside Syria as “non-combat” forces in the country purely to “advise and assist,” they are now confirming that some of the special forces have entered the ISIS capital city of Raqqa, and are close to the front lines in the city’s invasion.
The US has been helping the Kurdish YPG plan the invasion for months, and had artillery forces positioned around the outskirts of Raqqa. Putting troops physically within a city with an estimated 2,500 ISIS fighters, however, more or less guarantees they’ll be involved in ground combat.
Officials were quick to insist that the special forces in Raqqa are “not kicking down doors,” but are positioned in the city primarily to advise Kurdish fighters in how to kick those doors down, though they obviously are armed and ready to fight.
Kurdish forces announced the beginning of the invasion on Tuesday, entering through the city’s gates. The US troops apparently followed them in shortly thereafter, though so far there is no indication they have been directly involved in the fighting. Given how long Raqqa’s invasion is likely to take, fighting seems all but inevitable.
Or, it might be over very quickly. Mosul was Iraqi Sunnis fighting Iraqi Shia. Raqqa, well the level of Sunni hate towards the Kurds just isn’t the same.
Gee how many welfare families will taxpayers get stuck with over this invasion? Getting to the point that if they are stupid enough to go over and want to, give them a ticket. But don’t let them back into the USA. They want to play a terrorist, let them live with them, catch is if they die this time round, I don’t want to continue paying for their corrupt asses. Tired of them dying and taxpayer having to support their welfare families. How many families does military end up with on welfare? Let the corporations and the rich pay for their own terrorist and stop forcing taxpayers to support their corruption.
I do NOT condone ILLEGAL WARS and that is what the USA is creating around the world. We are invading countries that have never done anything to us, but we are cowards or else a participant of Saudi Arabia murdering over 3000, but you don’t see the COWARDLY AMERICANS invading them. They are instead supplying them with MORE WEAPONS! To bad the US is NEVER held accountable by the rest of the WORLD!
The US isn’t only instructing the Kurds – they are instructing Isis too – Both armies are on the payroll so the Americans will give the Isis guys a way out while the Kurds walk in . It’s not even a secret anymore – the US/Jews/Arabs controls everyone of the so-called opposition forces in Syria, just like they financed the Chechens in the Russian wars.