And then there’s Syria. The new Pentagon chief says he might revise the numbers upward or downward, but upward seems to be a much more likely choice, given the requirements of the military-industrial complex. “Report: New Pentagon Chief Might Revise Number of Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq,” Fars News Agency, January 27, 2021 (thanks to Henry): […]
For $42 million, “4 or 5” US-trained Syrian “moderates” fighting Islamic State
Why couldn’t U.S. officials find the 5,400 “moderate” fighters that they wanted to train? If the worldwide Muslim condemnations of the Islamic State were genuine, Muslims would be flocking from all over the world to fight against the Islamic State, instead of flocking from all over the world to join it. The abysmal failure of […]