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ISIS (and Al-Qaeda) are predictable, convenient excuses for keeping dictatorships in the Muslim world. Before ISIS took over Raqqah and other territory in Syria
by ralmidani 5y ago
ISIS (and Al-Qaeda) are predictable, convenient excuses for keeping dictatorships in the Muslim world. Before ISIS took over Raqqah and other territory in Syria and Iraq, it was the FSA (Free Syrian Army), not Assad, who kicked ISIS out of Aleppo and the Damascus countryside. When Putin intervened in 2015, the overwhelming majority of airstrikes targeted the FSA and civilian areas outside the control of both Assad and ISIS (https://www.newsweek.com/more-90-percent-russian-airstrikes-havent-targeted-isis-u-s-334290 https://www.newsweek.com/more-90-percent-russian-airstrikes-...). For Putin and Pals, ISIS is the gift that keeps on giving.
- wheelerof4te 5y agoHere's a hint: Stop causing color revolutions in other coutries, that in turn create a power vacuum, which leads to chaos and anarchy. Seriously, that is not hard. What makes you think FSA are "moderate" headchopers and how are they any better than Assad? Just because they have "Free" in the name? Such naive thinking.
- ralmidani 5y agoAside from the ISIS excuse, the other tired cliche is that it’s all a US conspiracy. Addressed in another comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29822573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29822573
- sedan_baklazhan 5y agoIt is a conspiracy theory to imply that US does not change regimes, indeed.