For months now, after years of headlines confirming the US has been
covertly arming militants in Syria for the purpose of overthrowing the
government in Damascus, a narrative revolving around tens of thousands
of these militants “defecting” to Al Nusra and the so-called “Islamic
State” (ISIS/ISIL) has been peddled to the public by the Western media
and US politicians to account for the apparent failure of America’s
alleged policy of creating an army of “moderates” to both fight ISIS/Al
Qaeda and the Syrian government.
