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Trump Saw A Disturbing Video, Then He Shut Down The CIA's Covert Syria Program
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:31 pm
"While we've carefully documented the dynamics in play behind Trump's decision to end the CIA's covert Syria program, as well as the corresponding fury this immediately unleashed among the usual hawkish DC policy wonks, new information on what specifically impacted the president's thinking has emerged.
Thomas Joscelyn, a Middle East analyst for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explains in the August edition of The Weekly Standard:
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump was shown a disturbing video of Syrian rebels beheading a child near the city of Aleppo. It had caused a minor stir in the press as the fighters belonged to the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, a group that had been supported by the CIA as part of its rebel aid program.
The footage is haunting. Five bearded men smirk as they surround a boy in the back of a pickup truck. One of them holds the boy’s head with a tight grip on his hair while another mockingly slaps his face. Then, one of them uses a knife to saw the child’s head off and holds it up in the air like a trophy. It is a scene reminiscent of the Islamic State’s snuff videos, except this wasn’t the work of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s men. The murderers were supposed to be the good guys: our allies.
Trump pressed his most senior intelligence advisers, asking the basic question of how the CIA could have a relationship with a group that beheads a child and then uploads the video to the internet. He wasn't satisfied with any of the responses:
Trump wanted to know why the United States had backed Zenki if its members are extremists. The issue was discussed at length with senior intelligence officials, and no good answers were forthcoming, according to people familiar with the conversations. After learning more worrisome details about the CIA’s ghost war in Syria—including that U.S.-backed rebels had often fought alongside extremists, among them al Qaeda’s arm in the country—the president decided to end the program altogether."
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Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:32 pm to Volkosoby
Sort of like how the media said some muzzles saw a disturbing video, then coordinated an attack on Americans in Lybia?
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:33 pm to Volkosoby
Subhuman excrement that needs to be exterminated with extreme prejudice.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:33 pm to Volkosoby
Now you know why the deep state and MSM is trying their best to get rid of Trump...
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:39 pm to Volkosoby
Is this neocon author of this article apologizing for these savages?
Seriously, the neocons have lost their fricking minds.
Thank God we have a CiC that is clear thinking.
Seriously, the neocons have lost their fricking minds.
Thank God we have a CiC that is clear thinking.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:41 pm to navy
You think this story would be all over MSM....not a peep. Its very depressing once you know the truth about how corrupt our media and politicians are.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:43 pm to GumboPot
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Is this neocon author of this article apologizing for these savages?
You might want to try reading the article first.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:45 pm to Volkosoby
shite like this is one good reason out of many as to why I voted Trump.
frick the neocon warmongers that lie to us everyday while virtue signaling about human rights.
frick the neocon warmongers that lie to us everyday while virtue signaling about human rights.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:49 pm to Volkosoby
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Trump pressed his most senior intelligence advisers, asking the basic question of how the CIA could have a relationship with a group that beheads a child and then uploads the video to the internet. He wasn't satisfied with any of the responses:
I would have loved to see those CIA guys trying to justify this. "Well, Mr, President, you see, they behead kids sometimes, but they're really pretty good dudes deep down."
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:53 pm to Volkosoby
I'd support a wall around Syria and let them just fight til they're literally all dead.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:54 pm to Volkosoby
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You think this story would be all over MSM....not a peep. Its very depressing once you know the truth about how corrupt our media and politicians are.
I'll keep saying it. Our media is one of the greatest threats to this country's continued existence.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:58 pm to GumboPot
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Thank God we have a CiC that is clear thinking.
Well...this might be a bit of a stretch.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 10:03 pm to Volkosoby
These people are animal sub human, they are truly animals
Posted on 7/31/17 at 10:06 pm to Volkosoby
Maybe the kid was an ISIS executioner...
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:03 am to Martini
Compared to people like McCain and Schiff Deep State lackeys? No stretch at all.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:39 am to TigerGman
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Maybe the kid was an ISIS executioner...
Maybe he was. Maybe he had a Cross around his neck and that's why they killed him. Maybe he or his family refused to submit to these allied "rebels." Maybe he was out for ice cream and these animals wanted a fresh kill. Maybe he spoke poorly of Muhamed.
Or maybe, just maybe, the CIA shouldn't be supporting groups that, regardless of the motivation, summarily execute children, or anyone else, regardless of the supposed transgression.
The news indicates that Trump asked his military and national security people to explain this occurrence, and they could not. That speaks for itself.
Look up this photo and what it did for the Vietnam anti-war movement: "General Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executing a Viet Cong Prisoner in Saigon"
Trump is ahead of the curve on this, and he will, unfortunately, get very little credit for it.
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:43 am to Volkosoby
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You think this story would be all over MSM.
But reporting on this would mean acknowledging that Trump is capable of feelings and empathizing with others. They can't have that.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:27 am to Sentrius
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frick the neocon warmongers that lie
Amen.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 3:32 am to Volkosoby
What? No posters on here willing to sack up and criticize the CIA?
Typical brainwashed sheeple.....(the majority of posters in this thread).
Typical brainwashed sheeple.....(the majority of posters in this thread).
Posted on 8/1/17 at 3:59 am to OTIS2
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Our media is one of the greatest threats to this country's continued existence.
Listening to ESPN radio on my long drive back from La. to visit the folks. Rarely tune in anymore, but was hoping to hear some NFL training camp news, all the fricks wanted to talk about and chastise the callers about was Collin Kapernik, still. Pathetic
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