[BeauBo]

Declaration of Operation Wrath of the Euphrates, to capture Raqqa, on 6 November 2016 in the village of Ayn Issa:

As is their custom, Co-Commanders are designated - a man for the YPG, and a woman (media darling Rodja Felat) for the YPJ. They are Kurds, and only Kurdish YPG and YPJ flags are flown, although token reps of subordinate militia are allowed in the photo.

[DesertRhino]

Oh cool, slick little PR operation in that photo. The CIA and USAID really do some nice work don’t they? lol

In any case, whether Kurds or the Syrian James Madison acolytes for democracy take over, the world will not see the USA shock the world with firepower. There will be no effort to arrest the thousands of war criminals. And the ISIS capitol will be shored up as a center of resistance to Assad.

I think our Generals are too deeply invested on the wrong goals. They are all in for COIN, Nation building, Palestine, and loving some Sunnis.