The Free Syrian Army is a marriage of convenience among many Islamist factions that have a long history of collaborating with the Islamic State. The singular purpose of the FSA is NOT to destroy the Islamic State but to destroy the Syrian Government that is now actively fighting the Islamic State. The equipment we provide to the FSA could easily be turned against the Syrian government, weakening regional opposition to the I.S. Or this equipment could be turned over to the Islamic State as we watched “carefully vetted” Iraqi Security Forces recently do. In fact, that’s the reason the Islamic State is armed to the teeth – with American equipment. Neither we nor the world can afford any more blunders or miscalculations in this region. We should have learned by now that alliances in the Middle East are in constant flux – an ally today is a sworn enemy tomorrow – in fact, our allies often ARE our enemies.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:50:55 +0000
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