Inkwell Institute

Middle East Desk

FUBAR?  Anyone ever served in the military?  FUBAR is a term one uses when a situation is spiraling out of control…….it stands for “F*cked Up Beyond All Repair”.  And that is about the best description I can think of that accurately describes Syria.

There are four conflicts going on within the borders of Syria.  First, Assad’s military against the Free Syrian Army, which is not an army, more a loose confederation of militias, second it is Assad against ISIS, third it is militias against ISIS, fourth, militias against each other all trying to be the power that takes down Assad…….in that cluster f*ck where do you put your resources of assistance?

A better question is…….where in the mess do we find allies, those ‘moderate’ rebels?

The latest series of airstrikes in Syria proper…….what is the word coming out of the country?

Though Syrian officials had previously expressed opposition to US airstrikes on their territory, Reconciliation Minister Ali Hayder today said the government believes the strikes are going in “the right direction.”

Good to know that Syria’s Assad thinks we are doing the right thing………..but what are the Syrian rebels saying?

Syrian rebels are expressing growing anger about the way the US airstrikes in Syria have gone, complaining that not only did the US not strike Syrian military targets, but that they also attacked al-Qaeda’s Khorasan group.

Those are the people, the fighters, that will be the hammer to drive in the nail of the airstrikes…….

Sorry, but there are more holes in this whole war thing than in a piece of Swiss cheese…….NONE of this is sounding like we will have any ‘friends’ to be our troops on the ground by proxy………

One more point, if and when we train these fighters and turn them loose…..will we protect them from attack from Assad forces since their main concern is the defeat of Assad….will we protect them?  If so is that not an expansion to a war with Syria?

Every day more questions are being asked about these so-called ‘moderate’ rebels that the coalition wants to train……and so far NONE of the questions have been answered with the truth……..we have NO idea who will be those fighters we will depend on to keep Americans from having to intervene…….

Turn the page.