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US, UK Training Syrian Rebel Forces for Eventual Takeover
March 8, 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
As expected the Brits are the first to pull the trigger on this, both in providing the training and being willing to talk about it. That was the way it was in Libya, with the US government never getting around to admitting what was really going on, while the British defense (or defence) chief openly talked about taking out Gaddafi.
The paper shield for all this is that the United States and the United Kingdom are providing training to manage the chaos after/if Assad falls. Theres some grounds for that considering the disaster in the Libyan War, when the US, UK and France destroyed the Libyan governments forces and turned over the country to a bunch of Islamist militias. Benghazi was a direct result of that.
But theres no sign that Syria will go any differently. If anything the mess is likely to be worse. Al Qaeda allied militias are already keeping orders in parts of the country. Displacing them using a force commanded by defecting Syrian rebel officers is iffy at best. And thats assuming that they dont just hook up anyway, which has happened in the past.
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US, UK Training Syrian Rebel Forces for Eventual Takeover