Frank Gardner bbc security correspondent aka I hate Muslims for shooting me and then leaving me for dead noted that Assad of Syria has attempted to paint the opposition as a worse prospect than his continued rule. That they were crazed foreign jihadists. Assad then allowed Isis to operate on Syria while only targeting JN, IF and fsa etc. Isis for their part began fighting the other rebel groups while not being attacked by Assad. While the other rebel groups have now been severely weakened by having to fight on two fronts (Isis and Assad), Isis has emerged as the only opposition. And now they conveniently fit the narrative for Assad. Therefore it seems uk and USA are now willing to openly support Assad over the rebels which is predominantly seen as Isis. Hence now we are seeing discussions of uk and USA targeting Isis in Syria as well as Iraq and thus giving strength and support to Assad. Clever.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:12:07 +0000
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