Daily Sabah Finds 'US-Backed Terrorists' While US Funds 'Moderate Rebels'
Daily Sabah breathlessly reports the Syrian army's offensive against the 'US-backed terrorist group YPG' in Aleppo. (Source: Daily Sabah) Now, for those keeping score, the YPG—or the People's Protection Units—are the very same Kurdish forces the US has armed, trained, and fought alongside in the ostensible campaign against ISIS. In fact, just last month, US Central Command lauded the Syrian
Democratic Forces (of which the YPG is a core component) for their 'critical role in the enduring defeat of ISIS.' (Source: USCENTCOM press releases, various dates). One might wonder how a group can be a 'critical partner' one day and a 'US-backed terrorist' the next, depending on who's doing the bombing. It certainly makes for a complicated 'War on Terror,' doesn't it? Perhaps it's less about
actual terrorism and more about whose geopolitical chess piece got moved where this week. (The flexibility of moral principles in pursuit of strategic advantage is truly breathtaking.)