Posted on 09/30/2014 11:33:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Given that the “moderates” are our allies, you would think this problem could be avoided by coordinating with them on where to attack and where not to. But there’s a hitch: We … don’t trust them enough to rely on the intelligence they give us.
You’d trust a group that’s fighting so closely alongside Al Qaeda (a.k.a. the Nusra Front) that bombing the latter means collateral damage for the former, wouldn’t you?
Since U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Syria began on Sept. 22, there has been no coordination between the U.S. military and its alleged partners on the ground, according to FSA leaders, civilian opposition leaders, and intelligence sources who have been briefed on the U.S. and allied military operation. It’s this lack of communication that led to an airstrike that hit only 200 meters from an FSA facility in the suburbs of Idlib. One source briefed on the incident said multiple FSA fighters were killed in the attack…
The coalition airstrike was targeting a base used by al Nusrah, the local al Qaeda affiliate. And the camp was, essentially, next door to the FSA facility. The al Qaeda fighters and the U.S-endorsed rebels were neighbors—and, at times, partners in battle against ISIS and the Bashar al-Assad regime…
Andrew Tabler, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, said the Obama administration is not coordinating with the FSA because it still doesn’t believe it can trust the FSA with sensitive information about ongoing military operations. But that also means the FSA can’t capitalize after the strikes by taking over the territory that has been cleared.
There are, supposedly, no U.S. boots on the ground inside Syria to gather targeting info on the ground
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The true agenda is to give Syria to the Moslem Brotherhood.
This is ridiculous. It is a pointless exercise intended to deceive the American people into thinking this feckless regime is actually doing something.
Hmm. Right next door.
Perhaps they are one in the same. Or that Al Qaeda is ISIS
Exactly. This is so transparent.
Obama wants to help them but doesn’t trust them? Which begs the bigger question: why are we helping them at all?
Now THAT’S funny!
Is that for real?
Who CAN be expected to tell ISIS from the ‘moderate’ FSA rebels?
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If any fighters are fighting for the advancement of islam or any of its nasty cousins, then bomb them. It’s quite a simple metric.
Larry, Moe, and Curley are running the show.
“Is it our fault we can’t tell the difference between the moderates and the radicals?”
Obama wants to give weapons to the “moderate” rebels right next door to ISIS. I can visualize the delivery — “special delivery for Moderate Rebels!! ISIS dudes show up and say “uh we will take that... thanks!””
I think that is pretty plain.
That’s also one reason (out of many) why Hitler lost the war. The left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing.
Honestly, I think it should be a requirement for any US presidental contender to have served in the US military so he has at least some first hand knowledge of how things work.
I suppose it’d be islamophobic to ask why ‘moderate’ islamic rebels would locate their base right next to alQueda’s?
“Honestly, I think it should be a requirement for any US presidental contender to have served in the US military so he has at least some first hand knowledge of how things work.”
May I suggest Retired Lt. Col. Allen B. West for President?!?
We’re training and arming guys who sleep with Al Qaeda.
Oh goodie.
You KNEW 0bama was eventually going to directly support our enemy, Al Qaeda.
Here it is.
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