President Obama's policy in Syria is said by his critics to have been 'half-hearted' Photo: REUTERS/Mike Theiler
The Telegraph: US-backed militia groups now fighting each other in Syria
President Barack Obama's confused strategy in Syria means towns are now being fought over by different US-backed groups
If anywhere can show the consequences of American foreign policy under President Barack Obama, it may be the small town of Marea, north of Aleppo.
In the course of the last five years, it has seen Assad regime tanks roll through from the south, firing shells through its houses.
It has been repeatedly attacked from the east by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). On occasion it has been bombed from the air by the regime and shelled from the ground by Isil on the same day.
Now its rebel defenders are fighting Isil, the regime, Russian bombers, and a new enemy, the Syrian Kurdish militia the YPG, all at once.
America is calling for a ceasefire. But it is not clear whether even if one were declared, it would stop any of those enemies from attacking Marea.
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WNU Editor: To say that this is a mess is an understatement.
2 comments:
Meanwhile, Russia stffens her friends.
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/russia-spots-armenia-cool-200-mil-buy-rpgs-flame-throwers-sniper-rifles/ri12951?utm_source=Russia+Insider+Daily+Headlines&utm_campaign=dee4bbb4e7-Russia_Insider_Daily_Headlines11_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c626db089c-dee4bbb4e7-227205149&ct=t(Russia_Insider_Daily_Headlines11_21_2014)&mc_cid=dee4bbb4e7&mc_eid=630ea7d1c3
Just try to contain it and let them go until they get tired of the killing, probably for another few years.
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