Posted on 03/27/2016 11:15:45 PM PDT by Trumpinator
Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and trained in the bitter five-year-old civil war.
The fighting has intensified over the last two months, as CIA-armed units and Pentagon-armed ones have repeatedly shot at each other while maneuvering through contested territory on the northern outskirts of Aleppo, U.S. officials and rebel leaders have confirmed.
In mid-February, a CIA-armed militia called Fursan al Haq, or Knights of Righteousness, was run out of the town of Marea, about 20 miles north of Aleppo, by Pentagon-backed Syrian Democratic Forces moving in from Kurdish-controlled areas to the east.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
And paying for it with tax dollars. Socialism is good for my defense stock portfolio.
This reminds me of “Star Wars” prequel plot, where Palpatine controls both sides of the Clone Wars.
I guess that would make Obama, Darth Sidious.
This is why we should NOT BE OVER THERE.
And why Syrians (and others) should not be OVER HERE.
For starters, a whole lot fewer Americans would die this way ... and probably fewer over there too, although this should not be our main concern.
Note the date of the beginning of the attempt to overthrow Assad, 2011, the “Arab Spring” and Hussein’s attempt to install the Moslem Brotherhood in Egypt. Assad’s father didn’t F around with the MB and slaughtered 25,000 of them in Aleppo.
Now Hussein is trying to assist them in gaining power.
That source just asks a question. It is unlikely that the answer to that question is “yes”.
That is not a fact.
Our beloved little leftie did not hesitate to do a number on Castro. Hilarious movie.
Right. Because there is no evidence which exists. Where have we heard that before? Sorry Pal, but the agency, the DHS, and others are lousy with Muslims.
it actually is a fact that he is a Muslim convert. he does not hide that he is.
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