Leader of Obama’s ‘Moderate’ Syrian Group Made a Bombshell Admission

  by Sean Brown

Last night, President Obama laid out a strategy for combating ISIS in Iraq and Syria which involved arming the Syrian “rebels.” However, after what the leader of one of the groups admitted, that’s probably not the best idea.
While speaking about the bipartisan push in Congress to approve a $4 billion package, Obama noted that the key to his plan to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group is to arm the “vetted moderate” groups against President Bashar al Assad, one of which is the Free Syrian Army. There’s a problem with this plan, however.



The leader of the FSA was quoted in the Daily Star of Lebanon saying that his group is actively working with the Islamic State as well as Jabhat al-Nusra, al Qaeda’s official Syrian affiliate, both of which are designated terrorist organizations.
From the Daily Star:

“We are collaborating with the Islamic State and the Nusra Front by attacking the Syrian Army’s gatherings in … Qalamoun,” said Bassel Idriss, the commander of an FSA-aligned rebel brigade.
“We have reached a point where we have to collaborate with anyone against unfairness and injustice,” confirmed Abu Khaled, another FSA commander who lives in Arsal.
“Let’s face it: The Nusra Front is the biggest power present right now in Qalamoun and we as FSA would collaborate on any mission they launch as long as it coincides with our values,” he added.

PJMedia notes that in a buried article by the New York Times, a Syrian rebel commander was quoted saying that his forces were working with the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra along the Lebanese border, but the Times tried to dismiss his statements.
It would appear as if the Daily Star article confirms what many have feared all along. The problem is that Obama is going to go ahead with arming the so-called “moderates” which will ultimately lead to arming the Islamic State, as has been proven multiple times.
One would think that with the failures that have already occurred, the President wouldn’t be trying to press on with repeating the same policies that allowed the Islamic State to so quickly rise to power. Then again, what should we expect from someone who spends more time on the golf course than he does in his office, actually working.