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America barely armed any Syrian rebels or protestors. Much of the DC establishment and military community wanted to arm them, but Obama was against it and there
by omurphy27 9y ago
America barely armed any Syrian rebels or protestors. Much of the DC establishment and military community wanted to arm them, but Obama was against it and therefore any real military aid was severely limited: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33997408 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33997408
The conflict in Syria was started and escalated by Assad. It was prolonged by a number of actors, including Russia and Iran supporting Assad, and the gulf states / Turkey etc., supporting the other side.
America is a common boogeyman for whenever something goes wrong in the world (Venezuela's Maduro never misses an opportunity to blame the US for his own regime's multitude of failures and crimes).
- marcosdumay 9y agoIf the press reported it correctly, weapons stolen from Iraq's army were a big enabling factor for the ISIS fast growth. They would invade a new region and get for free a big enough supply for invading the next place. Venezuela, by its turn, is mostly Brazil and Argentina's fault. The US gave some financing to the current government, but it's a rounding error overall. The Brazilian government even helped organizing their dictatorship at the time it was trying to do the same here.
- neves 9y agoThis is true just if you believe the right wing Brazilian press. Fox News would be ashamed of our journalist ethics.
- marcosdumay 9y agoWhat are you claiming to be false? That he and Chaves were financed by the same mafia running the Brazil and Argentina governments, or that our criminals helped on their logistics?