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25. Agreed. And in doing so he is weakening them thus 'strengthening ISIS' relative to its opponents.

Wed Feb 3, 2016, 02:41 PM

Feb 2016

ISIS enjoys watching 'moderate' rebels and the Syrian army fight each other. Similarly, Assad enjoys seeing 'moderate' rebels and ISIS fight with each other. Hypothetically, the 'moderate' rebels would enjoy watching ISIS and the Syrian army fight each other.

And they are only moderate in comparison to ISIS.

Again, agreed. And Mr. Assad is only 'moderately' evil compared to ISIS.

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Putin is strengthening Isis in Syria, says UK foreign secretary [View all] uhnope Feb 2016 OP

Good thing the Tories have a PR agent on this site. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #1

Good thing Putin has a fanboy on this site uhnope Feb 2016 #2

Thanks for keeping that dossier of my work, officer. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #8

Yeah ....... he does that a lot. "Pootie-lover!, blah, blah, blah". polly7 Feb 2016 #18

On the money. elias49 Feb 2016 #20

Do you actually believe that someone "collects" your posts? uhnope Feb 2016 #29

OOPS, by the way... JackRiddler Feb 2016 #10

Know your NeoCons: A family business of Perpetual War newthinking Feb 2016 #13

To understand the events in Ukraine you must understand the "first" Maidan - Orange Revolution 2004 newthinking Feb 2016 #14

Good piece. Thanks. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #32

Columbia University Researchers Confirm Turkey�s Links to ISIS newthinking Feb 2016 #12

I wish they wouldn't say "Turkey" though. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #16

Absolutely. Most Turks are moderate in their lifestyle and/or faith newthinking Feb 2016 #34

Either the headline is wrong, or the UK foreign secretary is insane ErisDiscordia Feb 2016 #3

The problem is that almost all of their bombing is not of ISIS -- not even close to where they are. karynnj Feb 2016 #5

Enough has been Cayenne Feb 2016 #15

your timeline is wrong karynnj Feb 2016 #19

Holy damn... Even the Guardian is starting to get it... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #4

Conservative politicians make strange arguments daleo Feb 2016 #6

The safe way to be a right-winger on DU... JackRiddler Feb 2016 #9

RWers like Putin uhnope Feb 2016 #11

Rightwingers like your friends of the Venezuelan oligarchy... JackRiddler Feb 2016 #17

lol. no kidding, could you please list some more conspiracy theories that you believe, uhnope Feb 2016 #21

Blather of bankrupt thinking. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #31

Where do your "jokes" start uhnope Feb 2016 #33

The one about your doing systematic surveillance, obviously. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #35

No, because those were allies. Syria is a 3-way civil war. jeff47 Feb 2016 #28

Maybe someone should point that out to Obama? Nihil Feb 2016 #37

No, our attacks are pretty well split between ISIS and Assad. jeff47 Feb 2016 #38

Ah, only 50% spent illegally supporting terrorists then (rather than the 70% I had thought)? Nihil Feb 2016 #41

lol. spouting "oligarchy" uhnope Feb 2016 #42

Wow ... that was a surprise ... Nihil Feb 2016 #44

By that reasoning, the non-ISIS anti-Assad forces are helping ISIS when they attack Assad daleo Feb 2016 #43

Putin is up to no good as usual. n/t Little Tich Feb 2016 #7

Since the Blair / Bush bromance nobody believes the Brits anymore Monk06 Feb 2016 #22

Anyone (US, Russia, UK, France) that bombs non-ISIS fighters 'strengthens ISIS'. pampango Feb 2016 #23

He's attacking "moderate rebels" because they are actively engaging in combat with the Syrian state. killbotfactory Feb 2016 #24

Agreed. And in doing so he is weakening them thus 'strengthening ISIS' relative to its opponents. pampango Feb 2016 #25

Well, yeah. It's a 3-way civil war. jeff47 Feb 2016 #27

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Only 30 responses and 2 recs for this Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #30

Thirty is plenty, there will be more. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #36

FWIW, Cameron isn't the only one saying this Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #40

I think they are still frustrated to not have intervened in 2013, maybe even against Russia jakeXT Feb 2016 #39