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Jake Sullivan is Old Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, and it’s clear from a revealing piece published in RealClearInvestigations Wednesday that he is just as wrongheaded, in over his head, and incapable of putting the interests of the American people first as the rest of the Biden team. In a lengthy investigative article, journalist Aaron Maté establishes that “Obama officials now back in office under President Biden coordinated with the jihadist franchise in an effort to topple the Syrian regime – while claiming they backed only the ‘moderate opposition.’” Sullivan was one of the foremost of those officials, and now he and others are back, having learned nothing.
Maté noted that “in waging a multi-billion dollar covert war in support of the insurgency against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, top Obama officials who now serve under Biden made it American policy to enable and arm terrorist groups that attracted jihadi fighters from across the globe. This regime change campaign, undertaken one decade after Al Qaeda attacked the U.S. on 9/11, helped a sworn U.S. enemy establish the Idlib safe haven that it still controls today.” In the course of this wrongheaded campaign, Sullivan, who was then Director of Policy Planning, wrote to his boss, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “AQ [Al Qaeda] is on our side in Syria.”
I was among the few who were calling attention to this astoundingly foolish policy at the time. On Sept. 17, 2013, I wrote at JihadWatch.org: “The U.S. is now officially on the side of al-Qaeda.” This was because of Barack Obama’s plan to arm and train “vetted” members of the Free Syrian Army. In September 2014, said the New York Times, “Mr. Obama said he envisioned the Free Syrian Army’s providing the ground presence needed to confront ISIS in Syria.” Obama also said: “We have a Free Syrian Army and a moderate opposition that we have steadily been working with that we have vetted.”
But the Free Syrian Army was not vetted, not moderate, and never actually in a position to confront ISIS. Nor did it ever do so. There were numerous reasons why Obama’s plan was unwise from the start. In July 2013, Free Syrian Army fighters entered the Christian village of Oum Sharshouh and began burning down houses and terrorizing the population, forcing 250 Christian families to flee the area. Nor was that an isolated incident. Worthy News reported that just two days after the attack on Oum Sharshouh, Free Syrian Army rebels “targeted the residents of al-Duwayr/Douar, a Christian village close to the city of Homs and near Syria’s border with Lebanon … Around 350 armed militants forcefully entered the homes of Christian families who were all rounded-up in the main square of the village and then summarily executed.”
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ElderlyZionist says
I recall at that time watching video of some heavily bearded ‘moderate pro-western’ Free Syrian Army troops whom we had just supplied with cannon and shells, cheering “Allahu Akbar!” with every round fired, and wondering just what in the world we were supporting in Syria.
Infidel says
The idea that any significant number of sunnis in Syria would be pro-democratic or pro-freedom is just laughable! The Free Syrian Army was just a bunch of mercenaries. Just like the Saudis (during King Abdullah) and Qatar had their own militias in Syria fighting a jihad to oust the Alawites from power, the FSA was our entry in those sweepstakes. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had links w/ the Muslim Brotherhood, but then again, we never had any issues supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Today, the Free Syrian Army is a free army available at the beck & call of Turkey. They fought for Erdogan in Libya, and later in Azerbaijan. Maybe Erdogan could send them to Ukraine w/ instructions on whose side to take in that war
Walter Sieruk says
This above photograph of Barack Obama and his tool Joe Biden is showing what a fitting political match they make.
This picture might ,well ,be tiled “The puppet master and his puppet.”
Even though Biden is less intelligent than Obama ,that in no way excuses creepy old Joe from the horrendous villainy they both share together . They both dangerous and wicked.
Likewise , this photo is a mirror reflection the rhetorical question posed in the Bible verse of Amos 3;3.
Which is “Can two walk together , except they be agreed ?” [K.J.V.]
Doomer says
Aaron Mate is reliable (except when it comes to Israel).He is of the antiwar Left.
He and among others, half-Syrian Richard Medhurst ( in youtube )
have stated that those fighters were no less than Al-QAIDA Under a Different Name.
And Obama knew it.
They changed their names twice,but Obama wanted REGIME CHANGE in SYRIA.
He allied the US with Al-Qaida. Al-Qaida ALMOST conquered Syria but RUSSIA offered Syria help,sent soldiers, and it was defeated.
PLUS: the Deep State, the Neocons, Neoliberals,
Military-Industrial Complex and Globalists ( Soros,Schwaub,who wrote “The Great Reset”) are at it again:
Just 10 hrs ago: the MINISTER of DEFENSE ( Peter Dutton ) of AUSTRALIA has publicly said that Australia should Prepare Itself for War with CHINA.
It is obvious the US is preparing the ground for war with China.
gravenimage says
OK–let’s leave Aaron Maté’s appalling hatred of Jews aside.
He has spouted apologia for 9/11 “Truthers”–that is, those who claim that this Jihad atrocity was not really Jihad. He is not just a contributor, but a *producer* on Al Jazeera.
Richard Medhurst calls the West “a vile culture” and the only thing I have ever seen him say about 9/11 is to blame the reaction against Jihad as “Islamophobia”. He has condemned *any* defense against Jihad. He appears on Iranian state TV.
When was the last time Doomer condemned Jihad? He is mostly an apologist for it now.
And Doomer uses “antiwar” to mean pro-the vicious Russian invasion of Ukraine. Very Orwellian.
And this about China is a reference to China’s aggression towards Taiwan and a possible need to defend her Seems that Doomer is for the destruction of democratic Taiwan by Communist China, as well.
somehistory says
I believe that “bo” and crew did “vet” the mozlums in the supposed “free syrian army.” He “vetted” them to make sure that they were fully devout mozlums, ready to fight any honest person, kill any Christian, slaughter anyone who didn’t agree with “bo” and crew and liked anything “bo” doesn’t like.
they are all scum, servants, slaves and children of satan the devil, “offspring of vipers.” doing exactly what satan “desires” them to do.
There is a photo of ron klein on the news feed. he looks so incredibly stupid, as does the sullivan guy, and all of the others connected to this evil debauchery. (for anyone unfamiliar with that word, here are some synonyms: dissipation · dissoluteness · degeneracy · corruption · vice · turpitude · depravity · loucheness · rakishness · libertinism · immodesty · indecency · perversion · shamelessness · iniquity · wickedness )
Justice will catch them when they least expect it.
gravenimage says
‘Al Qaeda Is on Our Side’: How Obama and Biden Aided Our Enemies in Syria
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Utter madness. The Jihadists behind 9/11 were *never* our allies–they are just rival Jihadists to those like ISIS.
Clifford Fodor says
‘Al Qaeda Is on Our Side’: How Obama and Biden Aided Our Enemies in Syria
Those two should be done away with.