Friday, July 13, 2012

Syrian "opposition" on US payroll for years

Syrian-Canadian Thwaiba Kanafani was on the verge of making a name for herself.

Having an innate love for freedom and not willing to sit idly by as her homeland dissolves into civil war, she dropped everything and went to help.

She got far enough that she was able to make a nifty propaganda video which you can find on Youtube. Then she was summarily given the bums rush.

Seems the Free Syrian Army doesn't really appreciate free-booting independents, and this item in the Guardian goes a long way towards explaining why.

The Syrian "opposition" is a collection of well-connected exiles whose efforts have been funded by the US government for many years. When you see who they're connected to you'll find a lot of familiar names, names that were once loudly proclaiming the urgency of our need to intervene in Libya and before that, Iraq.

It's worth keeping in mind the next time you're watching a spot of unbiased Syria news on the TV.

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