If true, is this a pay back for the US recent “accidental killing of Syrian regulars?”
I have re posted your earlier post re the cluster events in Syria/Iraq.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3471902/posts
US Special Forces sabotage White House policy gone disastrously wrong with covert ops in Syria
SOFREP ^ | 09/14/2016 | Jack Murphy
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US Special Forces sabotage White House policy gone disastrously wrong with covert ops in Syria Jack Murphy | 09.14.2016
“Nobody believes in it. You’re like, ‘**** this,’” a former Green Beret says of America’s covert and clandestine programs to train and arm Syrian militias. “Everyone on the ground knows they are jihadis. No one on the ground believes in this mission or this effort, and they know they are just training the next generation of jihadis, so they are sabotaging it by saying, ‘**** it, who cares?’”
“I don’t want to be responsible for Nusra guys saying they were trained by Americans,” the Green Beret added. A second Special Forces soldier commented that one Syrian militia they had trained recently crossed the border from Jordan on what had been pitched as a large-scale shaping operation that would change the course of the war. Watching the battle on a monitor while a drone flew overhead, “We literally watched them, with 30 guys in their force, run away from three or four ISIS guys.”
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About the Author Jack Murphy is an eight year Army Special Operations veteran who served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and numerous non-fiction articles about Weapons, Tactics, Special Operations, Terrorism, and Counter-Terrorism. He has appeared in documentaries, national television, and syndicated radio.
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This should be “REQUIRED READING” for ALL presidential candidates, except Gary Johnson. Why bother. Guido R
Jack... as an uniformed civilian myself but with some experience in management of large teams, reading your article gives me the distinct impression that cracks are appearing in the chain of command...?... From the civilian top, going all the way throughout the civic AND the armed forces / security construct... ? ... Earl Wyatt
The Russians have been saying this pretty much all along but of course being Russian they have zero credibility with those raised on a MSM forced diet. I wonder if you’ll be able to get said MSM to publish this article? Rick V
Very well done Jack. Thank you. George E. Hand IV
“CIA-backed FSA elements will openly become al-Nusra, while Special Forces-backed FSA elements like the New Syrian Army will fight alongside the Assad regime. Then the CIA’s militia and the Special Forces’ militia will kill each other.” That excerpt from the essay says it all for me. Geo sends
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Thank you Sir
RE: “I have re posted your earlier post re the cluster events in Syria/Iraq.”