You mean THIS table?
Posted on 08/23/2014 9:10:15 AM PDT by GonzoII
Western intelligence agencies have been assisting the Syrian government of Bashar al Assad fight militants of Isis (now called the 'Islamic State'), by providing details on the location of militant leaders for targeted air strikes.
The information was passed to Assad's government by German intelligence service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), which acted as an intermediary, a source told the Independent...
In recent weeks, Syrian forces have launched a series of airstrikes against Islamic State commanders and headquarters, as they battle to halt the advance of jihadist forces from their stronghold in the east of the country.
The Assad regime has been accused of covertly supporting Islamic State in the belief that it would swallow up other rebel groups, but Islamic State militants have scored a series of victories against the Syrian army, forcing Assad to step up his campaign against them.
In July and August Islamic State drove jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra from the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor, and took key Syrian army bases in Raqqa province and Hasakh.
Currently, the Syrian army is engaged in a fierce battle to hold Tabqa airbase in Raqqa province. Its fall would lead Hama, Syria's fourth largest city, open to attack from Islamic State fighters.
Islamic State is also poised to cut off supply lines between Turkey and rival rebel groups in Aleppo, after seizing territory in the north, compromising the Syrian army's attempts to retake the city.
US 'must attack Syria' to defeat Islamic State
On Thursday, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, said that US forces would have to attack Islamic State forces in Syria, as well as Iraq, to defeat it.
US forces have been launching airstrikes in northern Iraq to support beleaguered Kurdish peshmerga, after Islamic State forces seized swathes of northern Iraq.
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ROTFLMAO!!!
Oh that’s rich.
One minute Assad must go and now we outsource to his goons.
They probably won’t glean any information about our capabilities. ...right?
LOL
I forget which side is Israel on? Do they like Assad?
Actually if the US were serious about destroying the ISIS leadership, and Western intelligence actually had locations, cruise missiles fired from the 6th Fleet would be very effective. However it is very obvious that Obama is very ambivalent about taking effective action.
A better question would be, Does Israel prefer Assad to ISIS?
Well, this is only the third time Bathhouse Barry has done something that resembles “presidential.”
It wasn’t his decision. He was over ruled. The powers that be are going to relegate him to a lot more golf.
You mean THIS table?
That’s why I used the word “resembles.”
Assad must be the most confused guy in Syria.First we’re helping the people that were trying to kill him,now this.
This is why we should not have taken out old Mo Mo Kaddafi in Libya either. Ain’t that right Hellary? Or Saddam either GW Booooooosh.
to be honest, we shouldn’t have interfered with Syria at all. Assad maybe a dictator, but he’s no Saddam. We could deal with Assad, not ISIS
Yeah, as if this is the first time. But seriously, it’s good to have a back channel for passing information on the down-low, not least because it’ll simplify Obama’s undermining of Israeli security later.
The Fall of Obama’s America
Free Republic | 21 August 2014 | Candor7
Posted on 8/23/2014 9:28:39 AM by Candor7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3196204/posts
Sharp observation. Stalin was no friend either.
It’s amazing how they always photoshop away Lurch’s neck bolts.
I’m sure MO-SSAD would put any info to far better use.
You hear old saying your enemy is my enemy LOL!
I forgot about that
BOY this adminsation has more turn than Spanish soap opera you see on Univision
Yep, you don’t always get to choose your allies. Often your enemies are the deciding factor in who your allies are.
When the only smart move is to use US weapons to vaporize US weapons and those we gave them to, we've sunk really low.
A really, really smart move would be to unfriend Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Maybe send an "I'm sorry" note to Assad?
“It wasn’t his decision. He was over ruled. The powers that be are going to relegate him to a lot more golf.”
Wouldn’t surprise me if TPTB, the Saudis IMO, had him made into a martyr in the not too distant future. Such would likely sway fence sitting libtard opinion into electing yet another Marxist more to the liking of the royal families. This ISIS thing has them a bit spooked.
Heck, I’ll throw in that we shouldn’t have abandoned Mubarak, thanks in large part to the Media too who encouraged this. The Egyptian Arab Spring was what got the whole ball of wax going and they were smart enough to throw out and outlaw the Muslim Brotherhood.
Mubarak is a Saint compared to Gaddafhi and Assad.
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