Message from @Blackhawk342
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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
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
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
Yes, but thankfully most of it is spent repeating the same points
assad released a large number of prisoners as part of negotiations with the opposition
some of those were islamist extermists
some were members of the brotherhood
and i assume some were assorted political prisoners/actual criminals
It has become very popular among the media to view dicators as idiots whose primary goal in life is slaughtering their own citizens
I think this theory is an off shoot of that mindset
Not to say that assad is above killing, torturing or imprisoning people to keep his regime alive
But like the gas attacks, the presented theory does not make logical sense from the point of view of the supposed perpetrator
And with the gas attacks there is evidence that the rebels/ISIS have chemical weapons
Anyways Syria is quite calm other than constant skirmishes between Syrian govt and rebels
And Kurds killing isis