Diogenes
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Wait until Abu Muhammad al-Julani's thugs start throwing gays off rooftops and forcing Syrian women to wear veils.
I imagine this will be their reaction:
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Wait until Abu Muhammad al-Julani's thugs start throwing gays off rooftops and forcing Syrian women to wear veils.
I imagine this will be their reaction:
More likely the Imperial Empire will relocate to other empire outposts the Christians and others who disturb the solidarity in the short term.....in the long term much what has been Syria is to be a part of Greater Israel, other parts will be Turkish.
Diogenes
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HTS swept through Syria in the face of total regime collapse like a hot scimitar through butter.
What's HTS? Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham means “Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant”.
They are led by Abu Muhammad al-Julani (that’s his nom de guerre - his real name is Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a - in recent interviews he has used his real name, for reasons that will become apparent).
HTS has their origins in Al Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS). More about that later.
When Iraq went up in flames (2011 version) under Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), his loyal henchman Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a (AKA al-Julani) was sent to Syria to set up a splinter cell there, to exploit the opportunity for ISI presented by the Syrian civil war
Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a (AKA al-Julani) is a Syrian - his nom de guerre “Julani” references the Golan Heights.
A child of the "palestinian" second intifada, he went to Iraq in 2003 to ne inculcated in terrorist tactics and was a senior player in Al Qaeda there (of course he denies that).
He was caught by the Americans in 2006 under Bush and released by Obama in 2011, at which point al-Baghdadi packed him off to Syria with a bundle of cash, probably from one of Obama's infamous pallet-fulls of dollars.
He did his evil work well.
He recruited from Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and other Islamist hardliners. One, Al-Nusra, was so successful mounting terror attacks against the Assad regime that Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) proposed a merger.
Under his alias, Al-Julani refused, and the two terrorist groups had a very public falling-out, after which al-Nusra fought a successful campaign to minimise Islamic State influence in NW Syria.
Al-Nusra also fought with Al Qaeda in 2016 and went through one of many rebrands. Rebrands and infrighting with other terrorist cells is a habit with Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a (AKA al-Julani).
Al-Nusra reinvented itself as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (JFS).
JFS gobbled up four other jihadi terror groups and merged with them to become HTS (remember them?) in early 2017.
Since the Russian-Turkish ceasefire in 2020, HTS has been consolidating power in NW Syria.
They cracked down on Islamic State affiliate Hurras Al-Din (HAD), who had opposed the HTS merger.
It’s rumored that HTS was behind the intelligence that allowed the US to take out HAD’s leaders in 2021.
And now, with Turkish backing, they’ve exploited the collapse of Hezbollah in Lebanon (who were, believe it or not, Assad’s allies) to overthrow the Assad regime itself.
They don’t run all of Syria, yet. Their areas of control are now hugely expanded with the collapse of Assad's forces, though.
So what does this all mean?
HTS has an administrative arm, the so-called Syrian Salvation Government (SSG).
They’ve been running NW Syria, having their own bank and oil company - probably financed by the US tax dollars.
For the leftist sob sisters on JPP, you should know that those silly "human rights" aren't really the Syrian Salvation Government's thing.
The success of HTS and the fall of Assad shows the extent of Hezbollah’s defeat in Lebanon, and the opportunity given the Lebanese government to get past the Hezbollah era.
It's probably too soon (and too complicated for armchair JPP boomers to understand) to get to grips with what the fall of Assad means.
We need Trump in office before the Obamunisits start WWIII.
What's HTS? Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham means “Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant”.
They are led by Abu Muhammad al-Julani (that’s his nom de guerre - his real name is Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a - in recent interviews he has used his real name, for reasons that will become apparent).
HTS has their origins in Al Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS). More about that later.
When Iraq went up in flames (2011 version) under Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), his loyal henchman Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a (AKA al-Julani) was sent to Syria to set up a splinter cell there, to exploit the opportunity for ISI presented by the Syrian civil war
Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a (AKA al-Julani) is a Syrian - his nom de guerre “Julani” references the Golan Heights.
A child of the "palestinian" second intifada, he went to Iraq in 2003 to ne inculcated in terrorist tactics and was a senior player in Al Qaeda there (of course he denies that).
He was caught by the Americans in 2006 under Bush and released by Obama in 2011, at which point al-Baghdadi packed him off to Syria with a bundle of cash, probably from one of Obama's infamous pallet-fulls of dollars.
He did his evil work well.
He recruited from Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and other Islamist hardliners. One, Al-Nusra, was so successful mounting terror attacks against the Assad regime that Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) proposed a merger.
Under his alias, Al-Julani refused, and the two terrorist groups had a very public falling-out, after which al-Nusra fought a successful campaign to minimise Islamic State influence in NW Syria.
Al-Nusra also fought with Al Qaeda in 2016 and went through one of many rebrands. Rebrands and infrighting with other terrorist cells is a habit with Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a (AKA al-Julani).
Al-Nusra reinvented itself as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (JFS).
JFS gobbled up four other jihadi terror groups and merged with them to become HTS (remember them?) in early 2017.
Since the Russian-Turkish ceasefire in 2020, HTS has been consolidating power in NW Syria.
They cracked down on Islamic State affiliate Hurras Al-Din (HAD), who had opposed the HTS merger.
It’s rumored that HTS was behind the intelligence that allowed the US to take out HAD’s leaders in 2021.
And now, with Turkish backing, they’ve exploited the collapse of Hezbollah in Lebanon (who were, believe it or not, Assad’s allies) to overthrow the Assad regime itself.
They don’t run all of Syria, yet. Their areas of control are now hugely expanded with the collapse of Assad's forces, though.
So what does this all mean?
HTS has an administrative arm, the so-called Syrian Salvation Government (SSG).
They’ve been running NW Syria, having their own bank and oil company - probably financed by the US tax dollars.
For the leftist sob sisters on JPP, you should know that those silly "human rights" aren't really the Syrian Salvation Government's thing.
The success of HTS and the fall of Assad shows the extent of Hezbollah’s defeat in Lebanon, and the opportunity given the Lebanese government to get past the Hezbollah era.
It's probably too soon (and too complicated for armchair JPP boomers to understand) to get to grips with what the fall of Assad means.
We need Trump in office before the Obamunisits start WWIII.
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Remember that many expected the Taliban to kill many as they retook Afghanistan....what actually happened is that they got the American Empire to take all those who they did not want to stay, and to pay the Taliban large amounts of money for their so call generocity.
Diogenes
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Assad was/is terrible, but so are other regimes in the region which we helped to prop up.
The basic point is that, whatever the reason is for a war which has turned multitudes of innocent people into refugees and corpses, the aim was not 'freedom' or 'democracy'.
The basic point is that, whatever the reason is for a war which has turned multitudes of innocent people into refugees and corpses, the aim was not 'freedom' or 'democracy'.
Defeat of China Bloc and the expansion of Greater Israel is the point.
T. A. Gardner
Thread Killer
Just as it is with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Out of sight. Out of mind.Wait until Abu Muhammad al-Julani's thugs start throwing gays off rooftops and forcing Syrian women to wear veils.
I imagine this will be their reaction:
Diogenes
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They do appear to avoid noticing anything that might make them think, don't they?
Diogenes
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During the long $1 billion CIA operation, Timber Sycamore, in which the 'West' and the rulers of several Gulf states backed the jihadist
Some people knew what was being done because they were doing it.
Some people knew, and and didn't say anything publicly because they profited from it; financially, politically, or both.
I'm confident that the average JPP boomer knew nothing, and will now only regurgitate what their preferred sources say. They still know nothing, because they are lazy.
Without Timber Sycamore, current events in Syria could not now be happening.
Some people knew what was being done because they were doing it.
Some people knew, and and didn't say anything publicly because they profited from it; financially, politically, or both.
I'm confident that the average JPP boomer knew nothing, and will now only regurgitate what their preferred sources say. They still know nothing, because they are lazy.
Without Timber Sycamore, current events in Syria could not now be happening.
Scott Ritter
Regarding Syria:Stop looking for conspiracy centered on betrayal.This was never supposed to be anything other than a localized attack in the vicinity of Aleppo.But when the HTS fighters encountered no resistance, they pushed on.Everything that unfolded from that point appears to be opportunistic exploitation of the unexplained, and unexplainable, collapse of the Syrian nation.As Syria collapsed, those nations that had been conspiring against Syria have pounced on the rubble of that nation and declared victory.Those nations that supported Syria are left to gaze in bewilderment at the evaporation of everything they had worked to achieve over the past decade.But none of this was planned.Everyone is reacting.Which means there is no guaranteed outcome.Things look good at the moment for Israel and Turkey.And things certainly look bad for Russia and Iran.But there are many unknowns lying in ambush for all parties involved.Because none of this was predicted.And nobody has a plan for what happens next.
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Could be but I tend to doubt it.
Brian Berletic
@BrianJBerletic
I'm asked why the Syrian Arab Army collapsed so quickly... The Syria army was hollowed out from years of fighting and a crippled economy. Russia prioritizes Ukraine and would not have been able to supply Syria with the arms/ammunition in the quantities required to fight off a NATO-armed/trained army. Iran never possessed the conventional military forces to stand in as a substitute for the Syrian Arab Army. Syrian defenses were set up to fight against an enemy from 5-10 years ago - not an army today armed with cheap but effective ISR and attack drones along with large amounts of arms and ammunition. The drones in particular made it difficult/impossible for Syrian forces to stand and fight.Their positions were not prepared against drones, every movement they made was scoped out, and when they withdrew to new positions it would start all over again. Even establishing new positions would only lead to the whole process repeating itself. Once it became clear there was no real way to defend against the advancing NATO-backed terrorists there was no point in continuing to fight. In summation, a lack of resources, lack of proper preparations against modern battlefield threats, a failure to adapt tactics and strategies agaisnt those threats made defending Syria impossible. For what remains of Hezbollah/Iranian militias and forces in Iraq/Yemen - they must quickly absorb these lessons and adapt before NATO's terrorist forces are redirected to their next target. If you're wondering why Russia/Iran/China were unable to intervene, see my latest video:
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No, the Syrian Army never fought....the question is why.
Diogenes
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I'm hearing reports that the IDF is striking targets across Syria to reduce the chemical and strategic weapons available for terrorists after the fall of the Assad regime.
Taking this chance to smash Syrian targets generated by years of intelligence gathering is an elite move. Those pilots must be having a field day.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. No air defenses.
Blow it up and burn it all down before the jihadists get it and use it.
Taking this chance to smash Syrian targets generated by years of intelligence gathering is an elite move. Those pilots must be having a field day.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. No air defenses.
Blow it up and burn it all down before the jihadists get it and use it.
