Posted on 06/15/2017 9:44:51 AM PDT by Lorianne
With numerous distractions unfolding on the newly released reality TV show that is “Keeping Up with the Trump Administration,” it may surprise readers to learn that the U.S. is using the terror group ISIS as a pawn in its depraved foreign policy.
Video footage obtained by Al-Masdar appears to show convoys of ISIS fighters fleeing the Syrian city of Raqqa untouched by the U.S. military, which is currently bombing that exact location. As Al-Masdar notes, despite having Kurdish and American drones hovering around the city of Raqqa, U.S. bombs are nowhere to be seen as hundreds of fighters pass safely. The release of this footage comes on the heels of accusations from both Russia and Iran that the U.S. is colluding with ISIS to allow the group’s safe passage into areas controlled by the Syrian government.
Iran claims to have direct proof but thus far has not released it. Even if Russia and Iran don’t have any secret documents that directly expose this collusion, the fact remains that we don’t necessarily need them.
After all, this is exactly how ISIS grew exponentially in Syria in the first instance – as a direct result of U.S. foreign policy strategy. In 2012, a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report predicted the rise of ISIS, something actively encouraged by the U.S. establishment. The report stated:
“If the situation unravels, there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria… and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.”
Further, leaked audio of former Secretary of State John Kerry shows he knew ISIS was gaining momentum in Syria, and that in turn, the U.S. hoped this would bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table.
In recent times, the safe passage of ISIS fighters to areas under the control of the Syrian government has been an unspoken but official strategy and has been the reality on the ground in Iraq and Syria.f
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This needs to stop.
I cannot view video’s on this computer, have Adobe Flash removed on it.
But I don’t believe the video is real. The only case I know of that might be construed this way was when ISIS left the Tabqa dam area and went to Raqqa, there was a deal made with ISIS and SDF to allow them to go to Raqqa if they would leave the dam intact. If that is this video, it might be real. Otherwise, NO DEAL was ever made to let ISIS go.
In the beginning there were some financial people that left Raqqa before the Tabqa assault and the US did not destroy them as leaving. Suspect it was Gulf oil money men. No proof, but I suspect it.
LOL, Syrian/Iranian media.
The Deep State/State Dept/CIA/CFR types are professional scumbags such that both the world and the American people would be better off, if they stopped breathing.
Unfortunately the Russians and Iranians are more honest sources about what we are doing over there than our own government
It seems the Obama - McCain pentagon and Saudi Arabia are still running things and protecting these brutal islamists as a tool to use against Assad
One of the tragedies of the Trump,presidency wiil be if his deferential awe of uniforms and stars and taking a hands off approach to lettting Mattis and the Pentagon along with obamas CIA leftovers and oilman Tillerson essentially drive US strategic policy and leads Trump to allow the march toward turning Syria into another Libya
Unfortunately the Russians and Iranians are more honest sources about what we are doing over there than our own government
Nonsense. One party state fascist Russia and their BFF Death to America Iran is “honest” about nothing.
We've been doing it ever since 0bama created them.
But I doubt Trump is continuing 0bama's plan. Old footage, I'd wager. That or FAKE footage. Or deep state shenanigans.
Who is anti media? Is this fake news? I don’t claim to know, but I am skeptical.
The other side of the coin is likely....we made a deal cuz ISIS had 200 Christians as hostages.
Exactly
Those “troops” sure got a lot of clothes on for being in the hot desert,I wonder hoe old that video is.
Texas, hope you get this. Is this road surrounded? I would think it is an old video. The tannish/brown piles of dirt on the right look familiar...heh, heh...
I don’t know. I’ve gotten reliable information from them before (or it turned out to be reliable later ... didn’t know it at the time).
agreed
we have so many intercine struggles going on among our intelligence agencies which are each running their own “moderate” jihadists.
Trump was correct when he said that we had no idea who we were supplying weapons to. We don’t
This is probably what happened later. If you are old enough and have a youtube account.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDg6DhWULmo
We shall have to disagree, as one who has been following a number of battlefield reports for over a year - sketchy but they do follow a pattern
Unfortunately US citizens receive almost no reporting on the wars in which our troops are engaged and dying ( multiple fronts and nations)
and especially what little is reported from Syria by western sources is sadly driven by the pre-Trump deep state agenda to take down the. 3- times elected Assad, regardless of statements about “ annihilating” ISIS
If we wanted to “ annhilate” ISIS we’d be teamed up with Russia and the Syrian Arab Army ( unsung heroes imo) and doing it
I will view it on my cell phone and answer. I was just saying it was likely totally phony.
Just protecting McCain’s buddies.
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