Assad Winning Civil War in Syria

[longknife]

Why is nobody in the American MSM covering this? I read at least a dozen articles every day about how the Russian-backed government is beating back rebels receiving pittances of support from the US and Saudi Arabia. Is it because they are part of al Queda or other “radical” groups? And, Hamas seems to be strengthening in the region as Assad can give them more assistance.

I know this is going to sound weird, but Assad returning to power will stop the slaughter of innocent Christians and might even help the Kurds. Read more @ Syrian army enters Homs neighborhoods | Al Jazeera America

 

[waltky]

Rebel leader disapproves of U.S. Syrian strategy...

Syrian Rebels: US-Led Strikes Bolster Assad
October 03, 2014 — Moderate Syrian rebel field commanders said the U.S.-led air offensive in Syria is helping President Bashar al-Assad.

Abu Muhammad said he disapproves of the U.S. strategy in Syria. He warned that the U.S.-led coalition against the jihadists of the Islamic State group is bolstering Assad. Muhammad said the Syrian president has taken the opportunity of the coalition airstrikes to refocus his forces, shifting some of them from eastern Syria where they were fighting the jihadists, and reinforcing his own offensive against moderate and Islamist rebels in the key city of Aleppo. He said Syrian government airstrikes on Aleppo the past two days have increased in tempo and are terrifying.

Had defected

Muhammad, a former colonel in the Syrian army who said he defected after his superiors ordered him to shoot civilians, is now a top commander in the Syrian Revolutionaries Front. The SRF is an Islamist brigade that has fought alongside the al-Nusra Front - the al-Qaida affiliate also targeted by American warplanes. Muhammad said the rebels are at a disadvantage now in Aleppo. Once Syria’s prosperous commercial capital, Aleppo has been the scene of some of the most vicious fighting of the nearly four-year-long civil war, and about half of it is under rebel control.

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province

But since recapturing Homs, Syria’s third largest city, several months ago, Assad has redoubled his efforts to regain total control of Aleppo, the loss of which would be devastating for the rebels. Muhammad said both Islamic State fighters and Assad are taking positions from the rebels. Abu Abdullah, another commander with the SRF, said the weapons the Islamic State group has make it difficult to fight the militants. When the jihadists launced an offensive in Iraq several months ago, Islamic State militants captured tanks and other equipment from fleeing Iraqi units around Mosul. Those weapons are now being used against the rebels in Syria.

Chechens, Gulf Arabs among jihadists

Abdullah said people joining as fighters for the Islamic State group are coming from all over the world, but the field commanders for the jihadist group tend to be Chechens or Gulf Arabs. Another rebel fighter from a brigade called the Lions of Tawhid also said he is disappointed that the American-led coalition is not targeting Assad forces. Assad is the head of the snake - and should be cut off, the rebel fighter said. U.S. officials said their first priority is to degrade and defeat the Islamic State group in both Iraq and Syria as it represents a global threat. The Obama administration is planning to screen 5,000 Syrian rebels and train them in Saudi Arabia. However, some rebels said they are not interested in joining such a force as it would take them away from the battlefield.

Syrian Rebels US-Led Strikes Bolster Assad

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U.S. has already spent nearly $1 billion fighting ISIS
September 30, 2014 ~ The first wave of U.S. military attacks against ISIS has cost nearly $1 billion, according to a military think tank.

And costs could rise to as much as $1.8 billion a month if the U.S. military presence grows to 25,000 ground troops, as some have suggested, said the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CSBA). U.S. air strikes started in Iraq last month and expanded to Syria last week.

So far U.S. military efforts have mostly been limited to air strikes. There are also 1,600 U.S. troops in Iraq serving in advise-and-assist roles and staffing the joint operation centers. However, they aren't conducting combat operations against ISIS. President Obama said he has no plans for U.S. ground troops to engage in combat.

The Center said that even if operations don't escalate, it will cost between $200 million and $320 million a month to maintain the current level of airstrikes and support troops. That works out to as much as $4 billion a year. A Pentagon spokesman told CNN last week that military operations are likely to continue at their current level "for a matter of years.

U.S. has already spent nearly 1 billion fighting ISIS - Sep. 30 2014

 

[aris2chat]

Why is nobody in the American MSM covering this? I read at least a dozen articles every day about how the Russian-backed government is beating back rebels receiving pittances of support from the US and Saudi Arabia. Is it because they are part of al Queda or other “radical” groups? And, Hamas seems to be strengthening in the region as Assad can give them more assistance.

I know this is going to sound weird, but Assad returning to power will stop the slaughter of innocent Christians and might even help the Kurds. Read more @ Syrian army enters Homs neighborhoods | Al Jazeera America

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[Penelope]

If you read Clean Break , the overturn of the Assad gov has been planned for years, the Free Syrian Army is what the US, SA and Israel has been backing since the onset of the civil war, the FSA started the civil war.

I say Assad can use whoever he wants to fight the FSA and ISIS (whoever they might be) and if SA and Israel wants rid of Assad let them send men in.

 

[aris2chat]

If you read Clean Break , the overturn of the Assad gov has been planned for years, the Free Syrian Army is what the US, SA and Israel has been backing since the onset of the civil war, the FSA started the civil war.

I say Assad can use whoever he wants to fight the FSA and ISIS (whoever they might be) and if SA and Israel wants rid of Assad let them send men in.

First shot came from Assad forces. Many military defected after that to the FSA.

 

[Penelope]

If you read Clean Break , the overturn of the Assad gov has been planned for years, the Free Syrian Army is what the US, SA and Israel has been backing since the onset of the civil war, the FSA started the civil war.

I say Assad can use whoever he wants to fight the FSA and ISIS (whoever they might be) and if SA and Israel wants rid of Assad let them send men in.

First shot came from Assad forces. Many military defected after that to the FSA.

Prove it.

 

[gipper]

If you read Clean Break , the overturn of the Assad gov has been planned for years, the Free Syrian Army is what the US, SA and Israel has been backing since the onset of the civil war, the FSA started the civil war.

I say Assad can use whoever he wants to fight the FSA and ISIS (whoever they might be) and if SA and Israel wants rid of Assad let them send men in.

First shot came from Assad forces. Many military defected after that to the FSA.

Prove it.

Does it really matter who fired the first shot?

Does firing the first shot somehow mean that the party responsible is in the wrong and worthy of destruction.

Sounds eerily like what the Lincoln cultists claim.

 

[aris2chat]

If you read Clean Break , the overturn of the Assad gov has been planned for years, the Free Syrian Army is what the US, SA and Israel has been backing since the onset of the civil war, the FSA started the civil war.

I say Assad can use whoever he wants to fight the FSA and ISIS (whoever they might be) and if SA and Israel wants rid of Assad let them send men in.

First shot came from Assad forces. Many military defected after that to the FSA.

Prove it.

>>Hamas itself assumed responsibility for missiles fired from Gaza and launched 40 rockets towards Israel.<<
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/w...steps-up-offensive-against-hamas-in-gaza.html



you seem to refuse to read the daily news.