At 3/31/17 10:13 PM, Blades84 wrote:
At 3/31/17 09:29 PM, EdyKel wrote:
You must of got that from Trump's go to media site for all things conspiracy theory related, Infowars.
No, actually. Google "Al-Nusra front" "Noor al din al Zinki" both groups funded by the U.S. and its allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey etc. along with a myriad of other smaller groups who are linked to Al-Qaeda or ISIS. That's not conspiracy or trump, that's fact and was stated by Obama and his administration themselves.
*Sigh
First, a little history lesson. Back in the 80's the US began to fund various rebel groups in Afghanistan against Russian occupation forces there, through a CIA program called "Operation Cyclone" - this was during the Reagan administration. The program was indiscriminate, and was basically funding any opposition groups against the Russians, including Islamist extremists. Long story short, Russia was kicked out of the country, and the country remained fractured, under the rule of various groups, and one of them evolved into Al Queda, which expanded their network into other countries. They saw The US as their biggest threat, because of our constant presence in the middle East, and our support of Israel. Afghanistan was also the country we invaded after the 9-11 attacks, because it was a nesting ground for Al Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups.
Now, all this relates to Syria. The US does not want a repeat of what happened in Syria. It's true that the US, and other western counties, back the opposition to the Assad regime. And yes, there are opposition groups who have a certain relation to Al Queda, which is why the US has shown timidness in supporting any of the opposition groups, in fear that any weapons, or funds, will fall into the wrong hands. However, not all the Rebel groups are affiliated with Al Qaeda, or ISIS, and are actually moderate, who just want to get rid of Assad, and bring Democracy to Syria. This group is the "Al-Nusra front" and are not classified by the US as a terrorist group - though that is what Russia classifies them as, for obvious reasons, since Russia sides with Assad, and views any opposition group fighting against the Assad government as Extremists. "Noor al din al Zinki" is an offshoot of ISIS (which is sort of related to Al Qaeda), and is labeled as a terrorist group by the US.
Even though Obama has been relentless against Al Qaeda, and other Islamist extremist groups, killing dozens of top leaders in those organizations, and supporting the Iraq's forces against ISIS in Iraq, he has been accused of being a sympathizer to those terrorist organization by Far right media, because he is reluctant to use radical Islamist extremists to describe them. This rumor that he supports them with US funds is pretty ludicrous, considering that such funding, and approval, would have to go through congress. That's the 2nd problem with this conspiracy. This conspiracy got life from a a heavily retracted(blacked out) report that had the following:
"AQI supported the Syrian opposition from the beginning, both ideologically and through the media. AQI declared its opposition (to) Assad’s government because it considered it a sectarian regime targeting Sunnis." *AQI= Al Queda.
Since it came out, it's been twisted by conservative media, who keep implying that this means that Obama has funded a terrorist group, even though we know the groups that has received some funding, in the form of weapons, are not Islamist extremist, or associated with ISIS, or Al Qaeda, and have, on occasion, even fought those groups. Unfortunately, This group is being overwhelmed by Russian/Assad Forces, who have mostly ignored the ISIS linked group, "Noor al din al Zinki", because they know the West backs the "Al-Nusra front". And the Obama admin has never said they supported any terrorist group, nor is there any report that says they do. So, if you want to believe this nonsense, then that is fine, but you'll be looked upon as an idiot by anyone with half a brain and with some sense.
