Why Are We Attacking Syrians Who Are Fighting ISIS? – Collective Evolution
Just
when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it
did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a
military base it illegally occupies inside Syria. According to the
Pentagon, the attacks on Syrian government-backed forces were
“defensive” because the Syrian fighters were approaching a US
self-declared “de-confliction” zone inside Syria. The Syrian forces were
pursuing ISIS in the area, but the US attacked anyway.
The US is training yet another rebel
group fighting from that base, located near the border of Iraq at
al-Tanf, and it claims that Syrian government forces pose a threat to
the US military presence there. But the Pentagon has forgotten one
thing: it has no authority to be in Syria in the first place! Neither
the US Congress nor the UN Security Council has authorized a US military
presence inside Syria.
when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it
did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a
military base it illegally occupies inside Syria. According to the
Pentagon, the attacks on Syrian government-backed forces were
“defensive” because the Syrian fighters were approaching a US
self-declared “de-confliction” zone inside Syria. The Syrian forces were
pursuing ISIS in the area, but the US attacked anyway.
group fighting from that base, located near the border of Iraq at
al-Tanf, and it claims that Syrian government forces pose a threat to
the US military presence there. But the Pentagon has forgotten one
thing: it has no authority to be in Syria in the first place! Neither
the US Congress nor the UN Security Council has authorized a US military
presence inside Syria.
