US Denies Providing Anti-Aircraft Arms to al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorists.
by Jason Ditz, at antiwar.com
Russian Foreign Ministry officials today warned that US efforts to ease restrictions on arms shipments to Syrian ISIS/al-Qaeda terrorists were seen as a “hostile act,” saying in particularly that the provision of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles could directly threaten Russian forces in Syria.
The most recent US military spending deal included provisions which sought to dramatically ease arms shipments to Syrian terrorists, including the shoulder-fired “MANPADS.” The State Department, however, insisted that the US is not providing MANPADS to the ISIS/al-Qaeda terrorists.
The Obama Administration has long armed terrorist factions across Syria, including with things like Tow missiles, but was loathe to provide anti-aircraft missiles, for fear they would end up shooting down either civilian aircraft, or potentially getting in the hands of ISIS/al-Qaeda terrorists who might shoot down US planes with them.
President-elect Donald Trump is seen to be severely souring on the arming scheme at any rate, and expected to scrap the plan in favor of focusing US efforts in Syria on fighting against ISIS, as opposed to trying to prop up various terrorist factions seeking regime change.
With just a few weeks left in power, President Obama is running out of time to make good on his promise of retaliatory action against Russia to “punish” them for what he and other officials say is an attempt to “hack” the US election. Officials say he’s going to do so “soon,” however, and could make announcements as soon as this week.
The public announcements, officials say, are expected to include economic sanctions and diplomatic moves to “censure” the Russian Federation. The US is also expected to launch cyber-attacks against Russia, though how much of this is public remains to be seen, with Obama previously saying some would be public and some wouldn’t be.
The Hillary Clinton campaign made much of blaming Russia for hacking attacks against the Democratic Party over the summer, building a narrative that claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin had plotted to install Donald Trump as his “puppet.” The Obama Administration has mostly endorsed this narrative, though Obama himself has insisted he isn’t sure on the specific motives.
Russia has denied allegations of trying to influence the US elections, and President-elect Trump has denied being in league with Russia. The narrative has gained a lot of traction among US hawks, however, in no small part because it is being used as a pretext for revenge.
Sen. Lindsey Graham once again endorsed the allegations, despite the lack of public evidence for it, insisting “99 percent of senators” believe Russia was responsible for the hacks. Graham insisted Russia is interfering in all election everywhere around the world, and promised Senate action to “hit” Russia over it.
Russian officials have suggested they expect cyber-attacks to target their financial sector primarily, and indeed a previous round of cyber-attacks hit Russia during the week of the US elections, targeting banks, though it did limited damage.
. . . . Better not to make the mistakes in the first place rather than apologize cryptically on NPR, after. Better not to adopt the secret designs of the right-wing Likud government of Israel for Greater Israel, and in the process destabilize otherwise peaceful nations. The CIA should not be an unwitting annex to rabid right-wing Likudniks in Israel. Better not to obsess about Jewish kabbalah numerology, and destabilize several Middle East countries in 2011. Better not to rely on Islamic Fundamentalists mercenaries as critical covert allies in order to implement key foreign policy initiatives. Shady, highly dubious company can lead to slippery outcomes which inevitably end up disappointing you. In Syria 500,000 Syrians have died since 2011.（Genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed in Syria at the behest of the CIA, under Nuremberg set International Law) 7,000,000 Syrians are external refugees on their way to EUROPE.....and all the enormous problems and chaos that this has created in several European countries, and the destabilization of the traditional governments there, dealing with the CIA's created mess. 6,000,000 internal refugees. 2,000,000 injured by war and conflict. I do not use the word CIVIL WAR like many CIA linked Mockingbird organisations. There is no CIVIL WAR in Syria. It is the simple destabilization of yet another country by the CIA, since 1945.......which has caused the death of 8--10 million people so far. Finally the long CIA destabilization against Syria, and the ever more desperate measures against the just regime in Damascus by the CIA HAS EXPOSED the organisation and its role in such a venture along with its tentacles....to the rest of the world. The CIA is not such a secret organisation, after all. Supporting bad causes with bad people against innocent good people who fight back....forming strategic long term coalitions.....AGAINST YOU...........maybe also not good. If the CIA is seriously interested in buying influence in other countries for the USA government than the traditional, boring low key approach is better served. 1. Buy the generals of that country (Pakistan) 2. Buy the police of that country (Germany) 3. Buy the Intelligence of that country (South Korea) 4. Buy the Civil Servants of that country (Argentina) 5. Buy the politicians of that country (Mexico) If on the other hand you use drug induced ex-cons from the prisons of the Middle East to implement key destabilization policies....then you may succeed in Libya initially with your military muscle and air-cover, but fail later because the drug addled ex-cons are incapable of running a drug den joint, let alone a whole country. The inevitable falling out of thieves ensues, and YOUR role is exposed for the world to see.
Bay of Pigs which triggered the high profile investigations of the 1970's under the Church Committee, and the CIA re-structuring by St. Jimmy in 1977 (probably the JFK assassination contributed to it unofficially, and the CIA Coup in Chile) Iran Contra 9/11 'al-CIA-duh' ISIS Arab Spring Iraq/Syria destabilization. Destabilization of fragile developing states for Israel may be more satisfying in a satanic masonic kind of way with all the colorful antics of the ISIS and all other al-CIA-duh' funded covert groups but in the law of Karma there can also be blow back for the CIA as it engages in such satanic rituals for the Jew.
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Director of John Brennan said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR) the the bloodshed in Syria was partially because of their role in the war.
.(I would say the CIA's role is not partial but CENTRAL--if we take way the false premise that there is a civil war in Syria, and the CIA is a peripheral actor who incidentally joined a popular uprising and the ensuing chaos/bloodbath. Reports from Seymour Hersh states that under Bush junior plans were drawn up by the CIA in 2007 to overthrow the Assad regime using Muslim Brotherhood cells. This would be a repeat of the CIA attempt in 1982 in Syria using the same Muslim Brotherhood....the difference being that the USA would be more committed this time to the overthrow, backed by a Muslim Brotherhood government in the most important Arab country, Egypt.....and the success of the Arab Spring in Libya and Tunisia in overthrowing secular governments. In addition after 9/11 in which the CIA most certainly played a key role, the Pentagon dutifully developed a new doctrine where by post 9/11 there would be 7 regime change operations in the space of 5 years.....Syria being one such target. So I would respectfully contend that the CIA's role in the bloodshed is central, and further that the ball against Socialist Syria started in 1982 by the CIA, not yesterday incidentally. With an army of 100,000 terrorists at one stage in Syria defeating and pushing back a regular Assad military that numbered 350,000 equipped with tanks and 430 jet fighters with helicopters in 2011, is in no way a peripheral incidental effort by the CIA.)
"I think we always like to say that we wish that we would have been able to make a difference, in a way that would have prevented the slide and the situation there," Director of John Brennan said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR).
.(But if you back al-Qaeda types and ISIS what will be the inevitable result?)
"There's no way you can divorce yourself, emotionally or mentally, from these situations that you play a role in," Brennan said, adding that he “felt some responsibility for the horrific bloodshed” in the Syria war.
.(All of us love uniforms, and military gear in a boyish kind of way....especially when we are not involved in the fighting, but REAL WAR, REAL CONFLICT AFFECTS us all with a conscience....it dehumanizes us, and gives us nightmares, since as normal humans we are not really meant to be in a state of hate and war.....that is why in developed societies, rich societies full of opportunity and safety nets, often those wondering the streets lonely and dejected are former soldiers who have seen and experienced REAL COMBAT. A surprisingly high percentage of the homeless in the USA, or they hold down a 9-5 job but are social disasters at home especially with their dearest and nearest---they became dysfunctional loners.) )
He then went onto predict that the terrorist forces loss in Aleppo will not end the war in Syria.
.(On the contrary the Assad victory in Aleppo with Russian help has a greater chance of ending the war, than an ISIS victory government in Damascus. The foreign CIA funded terrorists come to Syria as mercenaries of the CIA because of $money, the opportunity to rape, the opportunity to murder non-Sunnis, the opportunity to loot BUT the Syrians of Assad they fight to protect their homeland.)
"This insurgency is not going to go away until there is some type of viable and genuine political process that will bring to power in Damascus a government that is representative of the Syrian people,” he further stated.
.(Assad is popular with most of his people; more than 50% approve of him; more than the support Obama got in the USA......and in the real world given the choice between choosing a mild mannered Syrian doctor, and on the other side foreign mercenaries in al-Qaeda and ISIS committing some really heinous war crimes against innocents....LOGICALLY most would chose the former, as in any country)
He then went onto admit that the USA has had little influence in being able to shape events in Syria.
.(Thanks to Russia......There 57 Muslim majority countries, and most are pro-USA because the USA is the richest country in the world and everybody worships rich people, especially poor people, and is generous with USAID which often ends up buying the elite of these developing countries ....No Astro-Physics so far......a few of these Muslim majority countries ONLY become less pro-USA, and the USA exercises less influence in them consequently, when the CIA in Langley decides to do a Likud Jew on them.....destabilize the country with Islamic Fundamentalists. Classic example .....Shah out Mullahs in Iran (Mossad Station chief in Tehran held an impromptu party when the Ayatollah landed from Paris in 1979). In relation to Syria, though the country has been in the Russian orbit since 1958, and the Socialist government of Assad...The USA nevertheless through USAID exercised considerable influence in the country to a certain degree. Syria participated in the torture program of the CIA post 9/11, and the relationship was so good that the British at one stage under Blair were considering conferring a Knighthood on Assad.......SIR Bashar al-Assad, with his jet-set wife regularly doing shopping in Harrods London, and presumably their lovely children sent to the UK for their education)
"As great a country — as powerful a country — as the United States is, we have, in many areas, limited ability to influence the course of events," Brennan said.
(PNAC is futile.....it will overstretch the Roman empire in the 3rd century AD.)
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Erdogan Says he has Evidence US-led Coalition has Given Support to Isis
By Andrew Buncombe of the Independent, and Information Clearing House.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has uncovered evidence that US-led coalition forces have helped support terrorists in Syria – including Isis.
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American-led forces have been working alongside Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad but have attempted to avoid helping Isis and other Islamist militant groups.
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However, speaking on Tuesday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, he said he believed they had given support to a variety of militant groups, inclding Isis Kurdish outfits YPG and PYD.
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“They were accusing us of supporting Daesh [Islamic State],” he told a press conference, according to Reuters.
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“Now they give support to terrorist groups including Daesh, YPG, PYD. It's very clear. We have confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and videos.”
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Mr Erdogan also said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia and Qatar should join its meeting with Russia and Iran to discuss Syrian peace efforts.
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Russia, Turkey and Iran, which helped broker the withdrawal of civilians and militants from the Syrian city of Aleppo, have agreed to hold talks on Syria in Kazakhstan next month.
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The Associated Press said Mr Erdogan said the meeting of foreign ministers should include Saudi Arabia and Qatar, saying they had “shown goodwill and given support” to Syria.
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Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are the main backers of rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is closely allied with Moscow and Tehran.
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. If Abe Erdogan says this is true, then he should respectfully publish the documents and all else and share this with the international community. This will be of great service to the Turkish people, who struggle and die at the hands of ISIS, as well as the people of Iraq and Syria. Abe Erdogan can save many lives by publishing the information about USA complicity with ISIS, against the interests of Turkey, Syria and Iraq (and thus reinforcing his alliance with Iran and Russia, and the international community) Abe Erdogan can THEREFORE dispel the vicious rumors that Turkey is a major facilitator of ISIS. Turkey can play an important role in the stability and peace of the region, and as a guarantor of peace and stability in samimi with his brother neighbors of Russia, Iran, Syria and Iraq.
Turkeys has 'evidence' of US supporting Daesh in Syria: Erdogan
By Presstv.com
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has “confirmed evidence” that the US-led coalition is supporting Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria.
"What were the coalition forces saying in the beginning? They were saying: 'We will fight against the terrorist organization Daesh until the end.' In fact, they were accusing us of supporting Daesh. Now they've all disappeared. On the contrary, they give support to terrorist groups including Daesh, YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units), PYD (Democratic Union Party). It's very clear. We have confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and videos," said Erdogan during a Tuesday press conference.
The US and some of its regional allies, in particular Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, have on multiple occasions been accused of arming and funding militant groups fighting the Syrian government for nearly six years.
Ankara deems the PYD as a branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been engaged in an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 and designated as a terrorist group by the US.
Turkey has vowed to press ahead with its hunt for Kurdish militants in both Iraq and Syria.
Erdogan’s announcement came just one day after former US Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein accused Washington of backing terrorist groups when it serves its interests.
The Turkish president also stressed that the US had failed to keep its promise of air support in Ankara’s operations to liberate the Syrian city of al-Bab from Daesh.
"Even though the US-led coalition has failed to keep its promises [pledging air support] in our operation to liberate al-Bab, we will rid the city of Daesh terrorists, no matter what," he said.
This picture taken from near the Turkish town of Karkamis on August 25, 2016 shows Turkish army tanks driving to the Syrian border town of Jarablus.
Turkey is in the middle of a military operation to capture al-Bab from Daesh. Ankara, which started its incursion into Syria in August, claims that it is only supporting the militants in northern Syria in the drive against Daesh. However, reports over the past days have suggested that Turkish troops have been directly involved in the battle in al-Bab.
The ongoing assault in al-Bab has inflicted significant casualties on civilians. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that around 90 civilians, including 21 children, had lost their lives in a matter of 24 hours as Turkey intensified its airstrikes on the town.
Erdogan remarks ‘ludicrous’
Following Erdogan’s claims, US State Department Spokesman Mark Toner said that it was "ludicrous" to even suggest that the US-led coalition is backing terrorist groups in Syria.
"I mean it's ludicrous to be honest. No basis for truth as you can all imagine. You know, I don't think anyone can look at our actions on the ground leading the coalition in northern Syria, in Iraq, and say anything other than that we're 100 percent behind the defeat, destruction of Daesh," he said.
He added that the US is working constructively with Turkey to defeat the terrorists and is constantly in contact with Ankara over how to do so.
"We support their efforts. We have supported their efforts along the border to clear it of Daesh. You know we're in dialogue with them about possible next steps we can take in terms of al-Bab. I mean we don't, certainly don't want to see them, you know, enter into al-Bab without sufficient support, but again you know these are discussions we have on a daily basis with the Turks," he added.
Toner noted that the US is, however, mindful of the tensions that exist between Turkish-supported forces and the YPG and other forces that Washington supports in the area. “That's the reason why we're working closely, having these discussions and trying to coordinate with them," he said.
. . . . Many good people say that ISIS means Israeli Security Intelligence Service. Many good people say that ISIS is run by active duty Israeli military personnel from the IDF/Mossad...embedded with them in Syria and Iraq. Many good people say that ISIS/'al-CIA-duh' fighters when injured are treated in Israeli hospitals, near the Golan. The Iraqi and Syrian government swear that they have found Israeli marked ammo and other logistics with Israeli markings with captured ISIS fighters. Israel attacks Syria just as the country attempt to fight ISIS. The Jewish run media in the West is eerily silent when ISIS commits war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Israel and Deonme Mafia Erdogan has become friends NOW,....just now...just as Israel with Erdogan's assisstence helps ISIS. Mafia Erdogan welcomes Israeli officials to his country, and signs economic and security agreements with the country. But when you create a monster like ISIS......what will happen? The monster will turn against you. So now two Turkish soldiers captured by ISIS, this year and last ......were paraded like dogs in front of their camera (haram under sharia) Then they were burned alive to death (haram under sharia) BUT when Israel is the real master sharia law does not apply to ISIS.....or when ISIS deals with Muslims, Christians and humanity generally. What matters is terror, Jewish state terror....the application, implication and display of Israeli state terror through ISIS. For Deonme Mafia Erdogan the ISIS execution of 2 Turkish Gazi presents a problem. For Deonme Mafia Erdogan is the LEADER of Turkey with more Nazi dictatorship powers by the day. For Deonme Mafia Erdogan............................... it is not a problem if 500,000 Syrians die, 6,000,000 Syrians are made internal refugees or 7,000,000 made external refugees heading to Europe from Turkey (with ALL the enormous political and social problems that this is creating in Europe) or the injury of 2,000,000 million Syrians seeking medical help internally from the Israeli destabilization of Syria. For Deonme Mafia Erdogan.........................it is not a problem if Iraq is further destroyed and divided at the hands of ISIS. For Deonme Mafia Erdogan ..........................it is not a problem if Greater Kurdistan is created out of Eastern Turkey by ISRAEL and the USA. BUT For Deonme Mafia Erdogan the haram parading of 2 Turkish soldiers and then the equally haram execution presents a problem, since he is the head of the armed forces, and after the fake coup which Deonme Mafia Erdogan planned with the CIA....Deonme Mafia Erdogan is now the direct head of the Turkish armed forces. The welfare of the Turkish armed forces and its reputation and sanctity is the responsibility of Deonme Mafia Erdogan. But how does one merge these two conflicting JEW loyalty of Deonme Mafia Erdogan.....his loyalty to Israel and its geo-strategy in the Middle East, and his duties and loyalty to the Turkish people. The two are not compatible......Deonme Mafia Erdogan must choose one or the other. The matter is further complicated for Deonme Mafia Erdogan because his son Deonme Mafia Bilal Erdogan is a business partner of ISIS, and stolen Iraqi and Syrian oil.....is transported and sold to Europe, the USA and Israeli businesses. The matter is further complicated for Deonme Mafia Erdogan because his son Deonme Mafia Bilal Erdogan is a business partner of ISIS, and Afghan Opium.....which is transported through Iran and sold to Europe, the USA and Israeli businesses.....with the guidance and resources of MIT. The matter is further complicated for Deonme Mafia Erdogan because his daughter Deonme Mafia Sümeyye Erdoğan has set up ISIS hospitals to provide care for injured ISIS fighters from Syria and Iraq. Imagine the situation where the Presidents daughter loves and cares for ISIS fighters just as they return from fighting and killing Turkish GAZI's.
SO, what does Deonme Mafia Erdogan do when this latest national tragedy unfolds in Northern Syria? Does he embrace neighbor and weak troubled brother Syria to unite and fight against ISIS, and the unjust cause of Greater Kurdistan which harms both countries? Does he embrace neighbor and weak troubled brother Iraq to unite and fight against ISIS, and the unjust cause of Greater Kurdistan which harms both countries? Does he embrace neighbor and brother Iran to unite and fight against ISIS, and the unjust cause of Greater Kurdistan which harms both countries? Does he embrace neighbor and big brother Russia to unite and fight against ISIS, where the Russians have killed 50,000 ISIS fighters in just year? Yok Hayir Yok Hayir
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Instead Deonme Mafia Erdogan attempts to hide from the Turkish people the tragic event because he does not trust his own people.
Instead he is busy in the country creating a political situation through his media, which encourages his supporters to kill foreign diplomats (Lucky is Deonme Mafia Erdogan that the foreign diplomat murdered was Russian.....one of the most peaceful and patient nations on earth......heaven forbid if it was an Israeli or USA diplomat)
As the ISIS blowback engulfs Turkey, the country will not be peaceful or stable until Deonme mafia Erdogan and his greasy olive oil Sicilian crime family is removed from power.......and the deep shame and embarrassment that his regime causes to Turkey by its wild outrageous behavior against ALL nations, is finally brought to an end.
. . . . The CIA controls ALL Islamic terrorism through the huge black budget of the Pentagon....amounting to $100 billion....and some loose change from Saudi Arabia and the GCC. Global Islamic terrorism is thus CIA, and there is no such things as lone wolves. The so called lone wolf, after a brief fact check of their background always informs us that they had long running dubious relationships with the security services of Europe, and North America.They are therefore not REALLY lone wolfs. This is the case with the market place attack recently in Germany, which coincidentally had a few high level Israeli Security figures in the vicinity. ISIS lost Aleppo, and is under attack in Mosul....and so the promotion of ISIS had to be made in a new area......Many CIA and Israeli jobs depend on the promotion of ISIS with their space shuttles from space, and their ray guns. The patsy's tend to be illiterate desperate men in their twenties, and usually in and out of prison with long criminal records known to the police, and of course the intelligence services who recruited them originally. The FBI since the early 1990's with the election of Bill Clinton has been running false flags in the USA to serve the agenda's of the ruling elite.....a police state answerable to none incrementally, and a feudal society with the 1% mostly Jews lording over everything with their beautiful children, beautiful religion and beautiful belief system...which for some reason is never fully advertised to the general public but must be read between the lines through their actions and mischievous deeds in Capital Hill, the Jewish media and of course THROUGH the actions of the Pentagon, FBI and CIA. These two Jew extremist policies in the USA are incrementally implemented (They are extreme aren't they?.....Kings and Queens and Dukes and earls, and Lords and Barons in the 21st century.....in their gated communities and off shore accounts?)......using the cover of SECURITY, STRATEGY OF TENSION....ISLAMIST TERRORISM...RUSSIA...CHINA....and more. Fuck the FBI......founded by a gay German Jew who ran it for 40 years, illegally, as his personal fiefdom. AND Merry Christmas to all in the USA, and the world.
As with all the other holidays that have happened in the past few years, a new report from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security has warned that ISIS may well use the holiday as an excuse to launch an attack, while conceding that there is “no known, credible threat.”
Officials say the warning was based on an abundance of caution, as indeed the warnings that precede every American holiday these days do. That doesn’t mean media reports weren’t able to come up with reports off of social media that warned of an ISIS war on Christmas.
At the center of this was a website popular with ISIS supporters which published a directory of US churches, calling for a “bloody celebration” of the Christian New Year. The directory appears to have just collected publicly available lists, as of course the location of churches in the United States is not a secret.
Other ISIS-linked messages on social media called on ISIS supporters to attack not just churches, but crowded coffee shops, markets, and other public places. Again, none of this points to any active plots, but rather just to active calls for lone wolf attacks.
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TREASON: Obama Gives Advanced Arms to Islamic Extremists to Hand Trump a Foreign Policy Headache
And foil a rapprochement with Moscow, and 'rescue' the extremists from the Trumpening
News that Obama was approving advanced arms to the Syrian rebels, in other words, to Al Qaeda, was met with consternation when it was announced Dec. 9. It was seen at the time as a last ditch effort to help extremist forces collapsing before the devastating Russia-Syria-Iran onslaught.
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Well, it didn't work, and the fanatics has been pretty convincingly booted out of Syria. But they aren't out of the game just yet.
A recent article in New Eastern Outlook makes the interesting case that another, more troubling result of the decision, will be to greatly complicate Trump's ability to wind down hostilities in the Middle East, foil his efforts at rapprochement with Russia, and effectively 'rescue' the Islamic extremists from the Trumpster.
This comes on the heels of recent revelations from a French investigative journalist that the US has funneled over $1 Billion in arms to ISIS from the Ukraine and Eastern Europe, some of them violating these same so-called restrictions.
This decision, if not cancelled by the Trump administration, will have larger implications, particularly in terms of prolonging and complicating the war.
2 Turkish soldiers DOG marched to death by ISIS.......propaganda picture approved by Israel.
Notwithstanding the danger of these weapons falling into the hands of “terrorists”, the fact remains that the end result of this decision will put the US in trouble not only with Turkey but also pitch the Syrian forces against Kurds, who are certainly fighting for the interests of the US. Unsurprisingly, as the White House spokesperson stated, the US policy will remain the same even if Aleppo was to fall to the Syrian forces.
Thus ruling out the possibility of co-operation with Russia and over Syria over fighting IS, Obama’s decision to bolster the “rebels” appears to be as much of an attempt at “rescuing” these groups from the Trump administration as from the Syrian forces...
The US president Barak Obama’s most recent announcement about lifting the previously imposed restrictions on the supply of (sophisticated) weapons to the “Syrian rebels” not only glaringly shows the true nature of the conflict as a foreign imposed, but also sheds light on the American establishment’s obsession with imposing regime change in Syria regardless of the human cost.
This announcement is nothing short of a departing gift by the US president to the “rebels” who have lost most of the territory they had under their control until a year ago. Should this decision be called a potentially positive step towards resolution of the conflict? We would call it this way if we too were impressed by Obama’s rhetoric. What this step really appears to be is a repetition of the past mistakes the US has committed in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq and goes well into the direction of causing more devastation.
