Washington Reveals Some Allies’ Readiness to Support “Moderate Opposition” in Syria

WASHINGTON— American officials continue to release contradicting statements proving the US flopping policy and the differences at Washington political circles.

Days after the US State Secretary John Kerry has announced that his country have to negotiate with President Basher Al-Assad to end the crisis in Syria and proceed in a “diplomatic track” in this respect, the US Army’s chief of Staff General Ray Odierno appeared to renew the US commitment to supporting the terrorists it calls “moderate opposition” in Syria not only with money and weapons, but also with troops.

A report by the “Voice of America” website revealed yesterday that Some U.S. allies in the fight against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) terrorists in Syria may be willing to send troops to accompany and support what is called the “Syrian opposition force” that the coalition is planning to train and send back to Syria.

The U.S. Army’s chief of staff General Ray Odierno told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the military was aware the “Syrian opposition force” would need assistance once it returned home and was studying how best to provide it.

“As we look at employing those forces once they’re trained, I think we’ve got to be very careful about how we do that,” Odierno said.”I think we would work with some of our allies that might be able to put some people in there with them.

“We’d be very careful in where we place them and what their initial missions would be as they continue to develop capability. I also believe there would be some enabler support that would be necessary in order to help them.”

Odierno did not specify what type of enablers might be necessary. The word is often used to refer to troops who perform intelligence, surveillance, medical evacuation, communications and other duties that support combat operations.

Statements of the US Army’s chief of Staff repeat the same contradicting American behavior in which the American administration claims it seeks finding diplomatic means to solve the crisis in Syria but at the same time continues to support the terrorists with money and arms; a policy that never goes in harmony with efforts to solve the crisis.  

The U.S. military last month began vetting what Washington calls “Syrian moderate opposition” members to identify candidates for military training at camps being set up in up to four countries across the region.

Coalition partners hope to train 5,000 to 5,500 “opposition” fighters per year, beginning small with about 200 to 300 trainees per group.

Hamda Mustafa