11-24-2015, 09:18 PM
The US-led anti-ISIL coalition's failure is not a matter of inconsistent strategy or poor planning, New York-based geopolitical analyst Ulson Gunnar remarks, adding that it looks like Washington and its allies have been involved in "feeding" ISIL, not fighting it.
It is no secret that Washington along with its NATO and Gulf allies has been arming and training Syrian militant groups, however, the question arises whom exactly they have been supporting and funding.
"Going from Syria itself, outward according to geographical proximity, we can trace ISIS' [ISIL] support all the way back to Washington itself. And as we do, efforts like the 'talks' in Vienna, and all the non-solutions proposed by the US and its allies, appear ever more absurd while the US itself is revealed not as a stabilizing force in a chaotic world, but rather the very source of that chaos," New York-based geopolitical analyst Ulson Gunnar writes in his recent article for New Eastern Outlook.
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To Defeat ISIL, Europe Should Remember Its 'Original' Terrorists
Incredibly as it may seem, Washington has had no scruples about "arming" Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as al-Qaeda in Syria, the analyst notes.
Although so-called "moderate Syrian rebels" have been regularly defecting to al-Nusra or redistributing their weapons and equipment to the infamous al-Qaeda branch, Washington continues to drop tons of weapons in desolate Syrian deserts for the "opposition."
At the same time, Washington policymakers have insisted that al-Nusra was "at odds" with ISIL.
However, contrary to this narrative, ISIL (also known as al-Qaeda in Iraq) and al-Nusra "still fight together on the same battlefield toward the same objectives," Gunnar points out.
To complicate matters even further, Washington's close NATO ally, Turkey, has long served as a safe haven for Syrian "rebel-terrorists."
Ankara turned a blind eye to "a steady stream of supplies, weapons and fighters [that] have been pouring over the border, provided by the Persian Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular)."
There is also evidence that Turkish officials could have been involved in ISIL's oil smuggling operations, the analyst notes.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151124...z3sSgu416F
It is no secret that Washington along with its NATO and Gulf allies has been arming and training Syrian militant groups, however, the question arises whom exactly they have been supporting and funding.
"Going from Syria itself, outward according to geographical proximity, we can trace ISIS' [ISIL] support all the way back to Washington itself. And as we do, efforts like the 'talks' in Vienna, and all the non-solutions proposed by the US and its allies, appear ever more absurd while the US itself is revealed not as a stabilizing force in a chaotic world, but rather the very source of that chaos," New York-based geopolitical analyst Ulson Gunnar writes in his recent article for New Eastern Outlook.
The assassination of Alexander II
© rusplt.ru
To Defeat ISIL, Europe Should Remember Its 'Original' Terrorists
Incredibly as it may seem, Washington has had no scruples about "arming" Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as al-Qaeda in Syria, the analyst notes.
Although so-called "moderate Syrian rebels" have been regularly defecting to al-Nusra or redistributing their weapons and equipment to the infamous al-Qaeda branch, Washington continues to drop tons of weapons in desolate Syrian deserts for the "opposition."
At the same time, Washington policymakers have insisted that al-Nusra was "at odds" with ISIL.
However, contrary to this narrative, ISIL (also known as al-Qaeda in Iraq) and al-Nusra "still fight together on the same battlefield toward the same objectives," Gunnar points out.
To complicate matters even further, Washington's close NATO ally, Turkey, has long served as a safe haven for Syrian "rebel-terrorists."
Ankara turned a blind eye to "a steady stream of supplies, weapons and fighters [that] have been pouring over the border, provided by the Persian Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular)."
There is also evidence that Turkish officials could have been involved in ISIL's oil smuggling operations, the analyst notes.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151124...z3sSgu416F
