Free Syrian Army Brigades Are Now Surrendering Their Weapons And Pledging Allegiance To ISIS

Free Syrian Army Brigades Surrender Weapons, Pledge Allegiance. Reuters

US ‘Vetted Moderate’ Free Syrian Army Brigades Surrender Weapons, Pledge Allegiance to Islamic State -- PJ Media

The heart of the Obama Administration’s policy to overthrow Assad in Syria has been the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which has been provided U.S. taxpayer-financed weapons training, small arms, and, most recently, TOW anti-tank missiles.

This has been done under the pretense that the State Department has carefully selected the FSA as “vetted moderates,” ensuring that those weapons wouldn’t end up in the hands of Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups or the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

Many, including myself, have scoffed at this policy since the State Department has a poor track record in recent decades of identifying “vetted moderates,” expressing concerns that there was never any guarantee those weapons wouldn’t end up in the hands of terror groups.

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My Comment:  There is not much coverage in the news on this development .... and there certainly has been no comment from the White House. But this development all but insures the end of U.S. influence in the Syrian rebel movement ... and more specifically .... any serious U.S. support to the rebels.