Let’s see.
How many times have we attempted to accomplish something in the Islamic world by helping/arming moderate Islamic factions?
Let me tell you something Pilgrim. Based on their demonstrated performance since 1977 there ain’t no such thing as moderate Islamists.
1977?
That was the year the Congress directed the DOD to develop and maintain a joint counter terrorist capability able to respond to terrorist activities in the Middle East. Was there at the time and help write some the basic CONOPS that were still being used 25 years later.
Thank you my friend. Yes, in all the articles I have written on US Foreign policy vis a vis the emergence of ISIS, I have cited numerous military strategists and counter terrorism experts, along with war journalists who strongly reject the White House fiction of ‘moderate’ or ‘secular’ rebel groups in Syria. They just don’t exist. So, we are definitely on the same page on this.
I would love to get a more detailed briefing from you on your involvement in the CONOPS development process and what it consisted of. If you would like to correspond, here is my email address:
Regards,
Richard Cameron