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To: realcleanguy

I see you in fact do not have a reputable source for your claim the US is supporting ISIS. You’ve posted bunch of articles about the well-known fact the US, France, Jordan, etc. have trained moderate Syrian rebels rather than Islamic forces as you claim.

A partial list of secular Syrian opposition sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_opposition#Syrian_National_Coalition

We have trained FSA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army which in fact has been fighting ISIS for 2 years.

http://www.aawsat.net/2014/01/article55327081

“The Free Syrian Army is moderate, secular and backed by the United States with weapons and training.[41] In recent months these weapons have included advanced American made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles.[42] The FSA is in stark contrast with groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra which have been designated as terrorist by several Western countries;[43] this has led to a rift between the secular forces fighting the Syrian government and al-Qaeda linked groups such as al-Nusra and ISIS, often resulting in deaths.[44][45] The FSA maintains good relations with moderate Islamist factions such as the Islamic Front.[42]”

Oh my gosh. I can actually cite sources which explicitly substantiate my argument. Imagine that. Do you think Wikipedia is in on the US-ISIS conspiracy?

You have posted no citation supporting your assertion that Western training was provided to ISIS or any Syrian Islamic opposition force.

I have provided citations, articles and excerpts that we have trained secular Syrian Opposition sources which are not aligned with ISIS and in fact fight against them. You provide links supporting my position then make an unsubstantiated assertion that this must also include ISIS or that the trainees defected to ISIS -without any explicit sources, citations or excerpts!

Don’t call me an apologist. You’re the one asserting a moral equivalence of US policy to ISIS activity for the manifest purpose of dismissing the justification of our opposition to ISIS and operations against them.

So who’s pushing the propaganda here Tovarish?


51 posted on 08/13/2014 5:19:57 PM PDT by Justa
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To: Justa

LOL, Sorry you can’t accept the facts. You can go around and around and around. The fact is, We supplied the manpower, weapons and training that ISIS is using now. Just accept the fact that Obama, the guy you voted for allowed this to happen. And all those forces now are part of ISIS that you are mentioning. Sorry to busrt your bubble. Look, if you want to promote the current administration policies, go to DC. But in the real world they have been a failure.

And have a nice day, knowing that Obama is setting the Middle East and North Africa on fire, all for peace


52 posted on 08/13/2014 6:43:53 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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