7-12 Arming al-Qaeda

The US has a terrible habit of arming people that are sure to become its enemy and in many cases they end up turning US made weapons back against them.  In this episode we talk about how the US is currently arming a proven enemy in Syria. On September 11th 2001 the United States was attacked by an ambitious, but small, group of fanatical rebels known as al-Qaeda (Tim Ryan, I hope you're listening). This vicious, surprise attack sparked years of a failed war on an ambiguous concept sold to the American people as a war on terrorism. Al-Qaeda's stated goal of those horrific attacks on 9/11 was to induce an over-reaction by the US and to suck it into a long term fight in the Middle East. As that war regressed into utter failure, objectives became less clear and now it seems as though complete destabilization of the region is the goal of US foreign policy. Now the reality of the situation is such a backwards quagmire that the US finds itself allied with the groups closely affiliated with those who attacked us on 9/11. Tune in because we shine a microscope on the dynamics of the war in Syria. As far as I can tell, the only "good guys" over there are the civilians forced to live their lives in the middle of a chaotic civil war that pits US coalition backed, al-Qaeda affiliated radicals against the Syrian government led by a brutal dictator. Choosing a side in this conflict seems morally reprehensible but that is exactly what the USA is doing. follow us on twitter @undoctrinated1 instagram undoctrinatedpodcast email us [email protected]