The Strange Case of the Syrian Opposition
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has
cited concerns that Russia may be hitting the wrong targets in Syria.
Does Carter believe that a Syrian opposition group utterly and
absolutely divorced from terrorist allegiances exists?
Recent maps including one released by
the UK Telegraph on September 30, 2015, attempt to show wide swaths of
Northern Syria under control of a group referred to as the Free Syrian
Army. Carter is, we believe, acting in defense of what he purports to be
a free Syrian opposition and its alleged bases near Idlib, near the
Turkish border, concerned that Russian anti-terror operations will
strike this group.
the UK Telegraph on September 30, 2015, attempt to show wide swaths of
Northern Syria under control of a group referred to as the Free Syrian
Army. Carter is, we believe, acting in defense of what he purports to be
a free Syrian opposition and its alleged bases near Idlib, near the
Turkish border, concerned that Russian anti-terror operations will
strike this group.
There is one problem, however. The last
vestiges of this group, after months of intense fighting, was crushed by
the al Qaeda franchise, Jabat al Nusra. This was February, 2015 when
the leadership of the FSA as it calls itself, fled to Turkey while the
surviving “free Syrian moderates” joined al Qaeda and ISIS or simply
went home, part of the hundreds who chose to take advantage of the
amnesty offers of President Assad.
vestiges of this group, after months of intense fighting, was crushed by
the al Qaeda franchise, Jabat al Nusra. This was February, 2015 when
the leadership of the FSA as it calls itself, fled to Turkey while the
surviving “free Syrian moderates” joined al Qaeda and ISIS or simply
went home, part of the hundreds who chose to take advantage of the
amnesty offers of President Assad.
Still, Kerry and Carter maintain the
farce that a “government in exile” consisting of nameless Syrian
“patriots” exists somewhere, no one knows where, no one has heard from
them, no one has seen them, but they must exist or Kerry and Carter
would be exposed as fantasists and fools.
farce that a “government in exile” consisting of nameless Syrian
“patriots” exists somewhere, no one knows where, no one has heard from
them, no one has seen them, but they must exist or Kerry and Carter
would be exposed as fantasists and fools.
You see, the old ploy, “government in
exile” is long established. During the Cold War, both Washington and
Moscow each had dozens of puppet regimes, representing almost every
nation seen as “in play,” the term used for targets of destabilization.
exile” is long established. During the Cold War, both Washington and
Moscow each had dozens of puppet regimes, representing almost every
nation seen as “in play,” the term used for targets of destabilization.
