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Originally Posted by activeStick
I think it'll come out eventually that the US most definitely already has their hands in this given their long history of foreign interference and regime change. Syria has long been on their list and was confirmed years ago in the WikiLeaks video of the US official naming the 7 countries on their list for regime change (Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, can't remember the other one).
The other clue to me has been the recent softening up of the rebels leader via US propoganda channels for their populations to see to reduce opposition to what's happening given the US and UK had put the guy on their terrorist list before.
CNN: How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
Telegraph: ‘Moderate’ jihadist leader storms Syria – but tells troops not to frighten children
I saw that CNN also immediately had a guy in an exclusive interview...
Propping up the enemy of your enemy doesn't always work well as New Yorkers know very well.
I don't know, overthrowing an established government and military is probably quite difficult for rebels. The organization required and intelligence needed, I can't imagine these groups being capable of alone. Having Assad overthrown helps the US and Israel as they've always wanted a West-friendly leader in Syria. Also good timing as the Russians are tied up in Ukraine right now. Not sure if there's any truth to Israel already having moved the IDF into parts of Syria? If so, this also helps Israel on that front to create a larger buffer area.
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Turkey is the big backer of the rebels. Of course, not the Kurdish rebels (they still bomb those guys that happen to have control of 1/3 of Syria), but the Islamist rebels.