Posted on 07/23/2018 12:31:28 AM PDT by Cronos
The Israeli military in coordination with its U.S. and European allies evacuated hundreds of Syrian rescue workers known as the White Helmets from near its volatile frontier with Syria, in a complex and first-of-a-kind operation.M
The evacuees, who were hemmed in from one side by advancing hostile Syrian troops and from another by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, were transported to Jordan, from where they are expected to be resettled in Europe and Canada in the coming weeks.
...The U.S. State Department welcomed the rescue of these brave volunteers and cited the United Nations, Israel and Jordan for helping with the operation.
...The Syrian government, and Russia, have called the White Helmets terrorists, accused them of being agents for foreign powers, and of cooperating with radical insurgent groups. Both Moscow and Damascus have accused the White Helmets of staging rescue missions and chemical attacks to blame on the government.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Bringing the jihadi white helmets to North America? Not a good idea
No White Helmets to America. They actually were part and parcel of the Islamists in Syria.
CIA operatives? If so everyone on “our side” has an immediate interest in keeping them out of the hands of Syrian-Russian interrogators #ObamaMess
That and blessed by Obama/McCain
They are frauds
Shameful
Extricating al Qaeda terrorist propagandists and supporters masquerading as humanitarians under huge western support
And they’ll be placed within terrorizing distance of the US.
Sickening. Trump is attempting massively heroic work to wind down our vile war-making, but collateral damage of what we’ve done already is still significant.
They of course should be kept int their own regions, but that obviously isn’t happening.
Will we ever learn the truth about outside interference, leading up to and throughout the chaos in Syria?
I read that twice...huh? WTH .
Why does the US support the white helmets?
Coverup old secrets?
Because of an al Qaeda sympathetic group in US State Dept, liberal NGO’s and clueless or complicit Congress that keep funding?
Out of support to UK ?
Trudeau wants 250 of them and their Families
“Why does the US support the white helmets?”
I think mainly because they seem to be the least of the evils in a bad situation. Now, note I am not saying they are great guys or that many among them are not really bad guys.
But they’ve behaved in a relatively sane manner compared to the Iranians, ISIS, Assad, Russia, et al.
They’re actually encamped down the mountain (really more of a really big rocky hill) from the artillery sites on our side of the border and have behaved in a humane fashion.
Would I want them in Israel? No.
So I don’t blame you for not wanting them in Pittsburgh.
But would I be offended if they ended up the (relative) victors in Syria? No, they would probably end up be unfriendly, but not suicidally malevolent, neighbors.
I can work with that.
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