Syria: NATO’s Last Desperate Options in Lost Proxy War
As
Syrian forces and their allies complete the encirclement of Syria’s
largest city, Aleppo, the United States and its regional allies have
signaled a sudden increased interest in ground operations in Syria,
including US airpower backing Turkish-Saudi ground forces.
While
it is obvious the US and its allies are responding directly to the
collapse of their proxy forces across the country, their most recent
threats to further escalate the conflict in Syria are tenuously
predicated on “fighting ISIS.”
it is obvious the US and its allies are responding directly to the
collapse of their proxy forces across the country, their most recent
threats to further escalate the conflict in Syria are tenuously
predicated on “fighting ISIS.”
The Guardian in its article, “Saudi Arabia offers to send ground troops to Syria to fight Isis,” would report:
Saudi Arabia has offered for the“The kingdom is ready to participate in any ground operations
first time to send ground troops to Syria to fight Islamic State, its
defence ministry said on Thursday.
that the coalition (against Isis) may agree to carry out in Syria,” said
military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asiri during an interview
with al-Arabiya TV news.
Saudi sources told the Guardian that thousands of special forces could be deployed, probably in coordination with Turkey.
In
reality, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have played a central role in both the
intentional creation of ISIS and the logistical and financial
perpetuation of its activities within Syria and Iraq. This is not
according only to enemies of Ankara and Riyadh, but according to their
central most ally, the United States.
reality, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have played a central role in both the
intentional creation of ISIS and the logistical and financial
perpetuation of its activities within Syria and Iraq. This is not
according only to enemies of Ankara and Riyadh, but according to their
central most ally, the United States.
As early as 2012, a Department of Intelligence Agency (DIA) document (.pdf) admitted in regards to the Syrian conflict and the rise of ISIS that:
If the situation unravels there is
the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist
principality in eastern Syria (Hasaka and Der Zor), and this is exactly
what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate
the Syrian regime, which is considered the strategic depth of the Shia
expansion (Iraq and Iran).
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