One thing I would disagree with Tim on in his interview with Joe. He said "It's not a conspiracy, it's just like-minded people who are only ever around eachother, sharing the same things among eachother, believing all the same things, and so you'll notice certain words emerge among specific groups."

That's a distinction without a difference, no?

Hive minds

It happens everywhere such as in comment sections
@Sylva

TYT's comment sections are an anti trump hive mind

While say Tim's is pro trump

>the kurds are our greatest allies

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Sure they helped against ISIS

But greatest? Wut

anyone who says that probably doesnt know much about the syrian conflict

to say nothing of the middle east as a whole or their conflict with turkey

I think he was being sarcastic though

Perhaps

the kurds are the only horse without a backer, thats why were on their side

There were also on the front lines against ISIS

so was assad and the FSA

The CIA supported the fsa

There is no way Obama would have supported assad

Before they became isis yes

The CIA supported fsa till trump stopped it in 2017

They did airstrike the Al Qaeda parts of the fsa before 2017

Good thing they got rid of AQ, a massive islamist anti US force in syria wouldve sucked

They still do it now

Most of the rebels are still jihadists

And they are all holed up in idlib

Maybe in the Turkish conquered areas too

There are no "moderate" rebels in syria there are just anti american islamists and anti assad islamists

There used to be moderate rebels

Turkey is likely propping up the FSA with material

Apparently I heard that assad released lots of jihadists in 2011-2012 to discredit the opposition

Could be false or true, truth in war is muddled

Those claims were made by a lawyer who was imprisoned by assad's government

There is additional information from unnamed sources but it is conflicting on the dates and times

The main question is why would assad strengthen the power of his opponents prior to the start of a civil war?

Yea

I found this
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/assad-deliberately-release-islamist-prisoners-militarize-radicalize-syrian-uprising/

They furthermore claim that Assad's government directly armed these extremists

Dont trust this 100% but I guess it's a good read

TLDR the claims cant be independently verified

Holy hell that article is long