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darkpatriot
Ok, what about that statement is saying anything about the US providing training and material support to Al-Nusra?

You keep providing all these quotes that not only say nothing about the US providing support to Al-Nusra, but actually often go out of their way to distinguish between groups the US supported and Al-Nusra.
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
You seem to have trouble following simple logic.
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
The FSA was dominated by AQ as stated by these FSA council leaders but somehow that isn't arming AQ even when the leaders themselves as stated in the NYT and WaPo say the majority of their fallen comrades are the AQ branch in Syria.
darkpatriot
You are having trouble actually providing the evidence for your claims. You can keep providing quote after quote about how groups that the US supported worked with AQ affiliates like Al-Nusra. But none of that actually means the US supported AQ. The US very specifically did not do so as a deliberate choice.
darkpatriot
And again, when the quotes you provide actually distinguish Al-Nusra and groups the US provided support as two separate things, they are actually confirming that Al-Nusra was not one of the groups the US supported.
darkpatriot
And you are drawing overly broad conclusions from out of context statements to paint Al-Nusra as "dominating" the FSA, when none of the sources you are quoting are saying so. None of them were claiming that Al-Nusra effectively was FSA, as you are here.
darkpatriot
Off to get some dinner now though, so it might be a but before I respond. Maybe not til tomorrow, if I don't check the codex again tonight.
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
AQ member just names himself as FSA therefor he's not AQ. Flawless logic. Are you autistic by any chance?

The separation is a lie again. Even Joe Biden is more honest than you:
there was no moderate middle," Biden admitted.
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Congratulations on being a more rancid liar than Joe Biden.
Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi
Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi
US only trained a token force group and majority of those trained defected to isis or other factions. Not accounting to turkish, israli, french and english trained forces.
darkpatriot
Frank Capicoli - I am not even claiming that the groups we supported were more moderate than AQ (some were, but many others were on par with the Islamism of AQ). I am stating that none of the groups we supported were AQ, and they weren't.
darkpatriot
The reason for this is because AQ were an actual enemy of the US who openly declared their hostitlity to the US. The groups we supported were not openly hostile to the US.
darkpatriot
Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi - There were actually two different efforts to train and support the Syrian rebels. The first one, the one the Pentagon was involved in, is the one you are talking about. And for a while it was the only one that was acknowledged and known about.
darkpatriot
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
Just an outright lie. You stated we didn't arm AQ affiliates. FSA was an open affiliate of AQ even by their own admission that many members were a part of AQ. They fought side by side. You armed AQ it's simply a fact at this point. You also ignore the State Department emails every single time that stated plainly "AQ is on our side in Syria".
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
Salim Idriss, head of the U.S.-backed Supreme Military Council (SMC), bragged that "we are cooperating to a great extent in this operation."
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Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
the U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, hailed Idriss and his fighters as "the moderate and responsible elements of the armed opposition." The role of Idriss's forces in the slaughter did not cancel the administration's endorsement.
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Fucking lol you are a rancid piece of shit.
Frank Capicoli
Frank Capicoli
I'll just leave it there. It's clear for anybody that wishes to see that you are a habitual liar, sophist, and deceiver. I hope one day that you receive what you deserve for all of it.
darkpatriot
No, the FSA was not an AQ affiliate. That is an actual thing that Al Qaeda does with declarations and oaths of loyalty and shit. Al Nusra was an AQ affiliate, the FSA wasn't.
darkpatriot
And what do you think yet more examples of groups we supported working with AQ times is proving? Those sources are, once again, making a distinction between the groups we supported and AQ. Acknowledging they were different groups. Because they were different and we never supported any AQ affiliates in Syria.

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