Obama Quietly Announces Jihadists' U.S. Bodyguards

President Barack Obama quietly authorized the U.S. Air Force to protect Syrian rebels by bombing any force attacking them, including Syrian regular troops and extend its airstrike operations to act as the traveling bodyguard of the jihadists it trained and “vetted.”

The announcement was first reported Sunday by the Wall Street Journal via a senior military official source who told the WSJ “For offensive operations, it’s ISIS only. But if attacked, we’ll defend them against anyone who’s attacking them. We’re not looking to engage the regime, but we’ve made a commitment to help defend these people.”

“We won’t get into the specifics of our rules of engagement, but have said all along that we would take the steps necessary to ensure that these forces could successfully carry out their mission,” said  a White House National Security Council spokesman, Alistair Baskey.

Pentagon spokeswoman Commander Elissa Smith added, “We recognize, though, that many of these groups now fight on multiple fronts, including against the Assad regime, (Islamic State) and other terrorists.”

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“The refusal to provide very minimal living standards to people who are caught in this [Syrian] monstrosity — that’s just pure savagery,” Chomsky said during an interview with HuffPost Live. “There’s no other word for it.”

Watch the nation’s most distinguished intellectuals speak on U.S. intervention in Syria below in an interview with Jon Snow, Channel 4 News.

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post adds:

“The military official quoted by the WSJ as well as Commander Smith’s statements address the main area of concern in regards to the new US policy. Since the “moderate rebels” who, in reality, are not moderate at all, are locked in combat with the Syrian government forces, the door has officially been opened wider to a direct military confrontation between the United States and Syrian militaries under the guise of protecting “moderates.” 

“Already, the United States has allowed jihadists to call in airstrikes, with one such example occurring on Friday July 31.

“Of course, it should be pointed out that there is no such thing as a moderate rebel fighting inside Syria nor has there ever been such a fighting force operating there. The entirety of the “opposition” is made up of terrorists, jihadists, and mercenaries, all funded, supported, trained, and armed by NATO and the [Gulf Cooperation Council] GCC.

 

“It is only a matter of time before Assad’s steadfast repulsion of ISIS and al-Qaeda fighters is used as a justification for American airstrikes on the Syrian government,” says Activist Post’s Turbeville.