They were fighting to overthrow Assad. I believe the US has stopped trying to aim for that since Trump took over.
At one point, the US military supported groups that were opposed to the ones the CIA supported. Does that make any sense? No, I did not think so.
If we had not been trying to oust Assad, Putin would not have had a reason to delve into the middle east. Obama created this mess on top of the mess that was already there. Now all we can do figure out how to live with the new reality of increased Russian presence in the ME.
It doesn’t make sense for us to be arming ANY jihadists.
But try to explain that to McCain, Graham and Rubio......
The US needs to stop assistance/support to the Turks also. They are only interested in opposing the Kurds and Assad in Syria and taking possession of Syrian territory. They have done a minimal amount of offensive action against ISIS — AT BEST.
What is the difference between these people, al Nusra and ISIS?
I’ve been reading America is supplying the ISIS, What happened to Assad? Is he more horrible than the ISIS? There isn’t ONE Arab leader who doesn’t torture his local opponents.