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In reply to the discussion: US Backed Syrian Rebel Group Dissolves, Merges With Islamist After Losses [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)4. Peace comes to Syria - validates Gen. Petraeus and Sec. Clinton's policy.
Thank you General and Madam Secretary for championing the humanitarian solution, and supporting our moderate friends in the region. Re:
US Backed Syrian Rebel Group Dissolves, Merges With Islamist After Losses. AP 03/01/15. One of the main western-backed rebel groups announced on Sunday that it had dissolved itself and joined a larger Islamist alliance, weeks into a battle which saw it lose ground and men to more powerful al Qaeda insurgents. The statement posted online said its fighters would join the Shamiyah Front, an alliance of Islamist brigades in Aleppo, to prevent further bloodshed. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4632188,00.html
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Purveyor
Mar 2015
OP
I distinctly recall arguing with a DUer who thought we should support the opposition
JDPriestly
Mar 2015
#15
But now, with ISIS moving quickly into Iraq and picking up steam, our fate is
JDPriestly
Mar 2015
#18
It was argued here, in posted pieces and by DUers, that it would lead to what we see now.
bemildred
Mar 2015
#26
Here's something else that's not widely know: Petraeus was the source for WMD "biotrailers" fiction.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#10
It's not like they are reinventing the wheel, but Bernard Lewis is 98 and still around
jakeXT
Mar 2015
#20
Seems that the PNACers have been receiving credit for what is actually Prof. Lewis' orthodoxy.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#30
The friend of my enemy is my enemy, no the enemy of my friend is my cousin, the enemy of my...
libdem4life
Mar 2015
#8
I think there's still some "good" rebels we are backing in the south. Oh, wait.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2015
#23
Weapons to be used against us at a date to be determined. Blowback is inevitable.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#32