Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard oa Hawaii, setho sa likomiti tsa Litšebeletso tsa Sesole le Litaba tsa Kantle ho Naha, e na le molao o sisintsoeng e ka thibelang thuso efe kapa efe ea US ho mekhatlo ea likhukhuni e Syria hammoho le mokhatlo ofe kapa ofe o sebetsang le bona ka kotloloho. Habohlokoa ka ho tšoanang, e ne e tla thibela thekiso ea sesole sa U.S. le mefuta e meng ea tšebelisano ea sesole le linaha tse ling tse fanang ka libetsa kapa lichelete ho likhukhuni tseo le basebetsi-'moho le tsona.

oa Gabbard “Khaotsang ho Hlomela Molao oa Likhukhuni” Liphephetso ka lekhetlo la pele ho Congress leano la US mabapi le likhohlano ntoeng ea lehae ea Syria e neng e lokela hore ebe e ile ea letsa litloloko khale: ho 2012-13 tsamaiso ea Obama e thusitse balekane ba eona ba Sunni Turkey, Saudi Arabia le Qatar ho fana ka libetsa ho Syria. le lihlopha tse hlometseng tseo e seng tsa Syria ho qobella Mopresidente Bashar al-Assad ho tsoa pusong. 'Me ho 2013 tsamaiso e ile ea qala ho fana ka lihlomo ho seo CIA e neng e nka hore ke lihlopha tse khahlanong le Assad tse "tekanyelitsoeng" - ho bolelang hore li kenyelelitse likarolo tse sa tšoaneng tsa ho feteletseng ha Mamosleme.

Leano leo, le reretsoeng ho thusa ho khutlisa puso ea Assad ka mokhoa o mong oa demokrasi, e hlile e thusitse ho theha franchise ea al Qaeda ea Syria. al Nusra Front kotsing e kholo ho Assad.

Batšehetsi ba leano lena la phepelo ea libetsa ba lumela hore hoa hlokahala joalo ka ho sutumelletsa khahlano le tšusumetso ea Iran naheng ea Syria. Empa khang eo e sutumelletsa taba ea sebele e hlahisitsoeng ke nalane ea pholisi.  Leano la Syria la tsamaiso ea Obama ka katleho e ile ea rekisa thahasello ea U.S. e neng e lokela ho ba motheo oa "Ntoa ea Lefatše ka Bokhukhuni" - ho felisoa ha al Qaeda le mekhatlo ea eona ea likhukhuni. Ho e-na le hoo, United States e kentse thahasello ea US ho khahlanong le bokhukhuni molemong oa balekane ba eona ba Sunni. Ka ho etsa joalo ho thusitse ho theha tšokelo e ncha ea likhukhuni ka har'a pelo ea Middle East.

Leano la ho hlomela lihlopha tsa sesole tse ikemiselitseng ho liha 'muso oa Mopresidente Bashar al-Assad le qalile ka Loetse 2011, ha Mopresidente Barack Obama a ne a hatelloa ke balekane ba hae ba Sunni - Turkey, Saudi Arabia le Qatar - ho fana ka libetsa tse boima ho bohanyetsi ba sesole ho Assad. ba ne ba ikemiselitse ho theha. Turkey le mebuso ea Gulf e ne e batla hore United States e fane ka libetsa tse thibelang litanka le lifofane ho marabele, ho ea ka ofisiri ea mehleng ea Tsamaiso ea Obama e amehang litabeng tsa Middle East.

Obama o ile a hana ho fana ka libetsa ho bohanyetsi, empa o ile a lumela ho fana ka thuso e ipatileng ea U.Sn ho etsa letšolo la thuso ea sesole ho lihlopha tsa bohanyetsi. Ho kenya letsoho ha CIA ts'ebetsong ea mabotho a anti-Assad ho qalile ka ho hlophisa ho romelloa ha libetsa ho tsoa metšoasong ea puso ea Gaddafi e neng e bolokiloe Benghazi. Lifeme tse laoloang ke CIA li ile tsa romela libetsa ho tloha boema-kepeng ba sesole sa Benghazi ho ea likoung tse peli tse nyane tsa Syria li sebelisa basebetsi ba mehleng ba sesole sa US ho tsamaisa thepa, joalo ka moqolotsi oa lipatlisiso. Sy Hersh e hlalositsoe ka 2014. Tšehetso ea lichelete bakeng sa lenaneo e ne e tsoa haholo-holo ho tloha Saudis.

Tlaleho e senyehileng ea October 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency e senotse hore thomello ho elella bofelong ba Phato 2012 e ne e kenyelletsa lithunya tse 500 tsa sniper, 100 RPG (rocket propelled grenade launchers) hammoho le 300 RPG rounds le 400 howiters. Ho tlalehoa hore thepa e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea lihlomo e ne e akarelletsa lik'hontheinara tse ka bang leshome, e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea tsona e neng e na le liponto tse ka bang 48,000 tsa thepa. Seo se fana ka maikutlo a palo e felletseng ea moputso oa lithane tse ka bang 250 tsa libetsa ka thomello. Esita le haeba CIA e ne e hlophisitse thomello e le 'ngoe feela ka khoeli, thepa ea libetsa e ka be e bile kakaretso ea lithane tsa 2,750 tsa libetsa tse tlameletsoeng Syria ho tloha ka October 2011 ho fihlela ka August 2012. Ho ka etsahala hore ebe e ne e le palo e ngata ea palo eo.

Thepa ea lihlomo e patiloeng ea CIA e tsoang Libya e ile ea emisa ka tšohanyetso ka Loetse 2012 ha bahlabani ba Libyan ba hlasela le ho chesa setsi sa boemeli se Benghazi se neng se sebelisitsoe ho ts'ehetsa ts'ebetso. Leha ho le joalo, ka nako eo, mocha o moholoanyane oa ho hlomela mabotho a khahlanong le ’muso o ne o ntse o buleha. CIA e ile ea ikopanya le Saudis le ofisiri e kholo ea Croatia ya neng a ithaopela ho rekisa dibetsa tse ngata e setseng ho tloha Lintoeng tsa Balkan tsa bo-1990. Le CIA a ba thusa ho reka libetsa ho tsoa ho barekisi ba libetsa le mebuso linaheng tse ling tse ngata tseo pele e neng e le Soviet Union.

Ho phatloha ka libetsa tse fumanoeng ho tsoa lenaneong la CIA Libya le ho Macroatia, Saudis le Qataris ba ekelitse palo ea lifofane ka lifofane tse tsamaisang thepa ea sesole ho ea Turkey ka December 2012 mme ba tsoela pele ka lebelo leo le matla likhoeling tse peli le halofo tse tlang. The New York Times e tlalehile kakaretso ea maeto a joalo a 160 bohareng ba Hlakubele 2013. Sefofane sa thepa se atileng haholo se sebelisoang Koung, Ilyushin IL-76, e ka nka lithane tse ka bang 50 tsa thepa ka sefofane, e leng se ka bontšang hore lithane tse ka bang 8,000 tsa libetsa li ile tsa tšela moeli oa Turkey ho ea Syria ho elella bofelong ba 2012 le 2013.

Ofisiri e ’ngoe ea U.S. e ile ea letsetsa boemo bo bocha ba libetsa bo tlisetsa marabele a Syria "lefu la libetsa." Le lipatlisiso tsa selemo kaofela ka Balkan Investigative Reporting Network le Morero o Hlophisitsoeng oa Tlaleho ea Botlokotsebe le Bobolu o senotse hore Saudis e ne e ikemiselitse ho theha sesole se matla se tloaelehileng Syria. "Setifikeiti sa tšebeliso ea ho qetela" bakeng sa libetsa tse rekiloeng k'hamphaning ea libetsa Belgrade, Serbia, ka Mots'eanong 2013. ho kenyeletsa Lirokete tse 500 tse entsoeng ke Soviet PG-7VR tse ka phunyeletsang esita le litanka tse nang le lihlomo tse ngata, hammoho le li-round tse limilione tse peli; Lithunya tse 50 tsa Konkurs tse loantšang litanka le limisaele tse 500, lithunya tse 50 tse thibelang lifofane tse palamisitsoeng likoloing tse hlometseng, likotoana tse 10,000 tsa liqhomane tsa lirokete tsa OG-7 tse khonang ho phunya lihlomo tse boima tsa 'mele; lirokete tse 'nè tse kentsoeng ka literaka tsa BM-21 GRAD tse ngata tsa lirokete, tseo e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea tsona e thunyang lirokete tse 40 ka nako e fapaneng ea lik'hilomithara tse 12 ho isa ho tse 19, hammoho le lirokete tse 20,000 tsa GRAD.

Tokomane ea mosebelisi ea ho qetela bakeng sa taelo e 'ngoe ea Saudi ho tsoa k'hamphaning e tšoanang ea Serbia e thathamisitse litanka tsa litanka tse 300, tse 2,000 tsa RPG, le tse ling tse 16,500 tsa lirokete, mekoloko e milione e le 'ngoe bakeng sa lithunya tse thibelang lifofane tsa ZU-23-2, le lik'hatriji tse limilione tse 315 bakeng sa lithunya tse ling tse fapaneng.

Theko tseo tse peli li ne li ke karoloana feela ea kakaretso ea libetsa tse fumanoeng ke ma-Saudi lilemong tse 'maloa tse latelang ho tsoa lichabeng tse robeli tsa Balkan. Bafuputsi ba fumane hore Saudis e entse litumellano tsa bona tse kholo ka ho fetisisa le linaha tsa mehleng tsa Soviet bloc ka 2015, le hore libetsa li kenyelletsa tse ngata tse neng li sa tsoa tsoa mehala ea tlhahiso ea feme. Hoo e ka bang karolo ea 40 lekholong ea libetsa tseo Saudis a li rekileng linaheng tseo, ho feta moo, li ne li ntse li e-s'o fanoe pele ho 2017. Kahoo Saudis e ne e se e entse konteraka bakeng sa libetsa tse lekaneng ho boloka ntoa e tloaelehileng e tloaelehileng Syria ho ea lilemo tse ling tse 'maloa.

Leha ho le joalo, theko ea libetsa e le 'ngoe ea Saudi e ne e sa tsoe ho Balkan, empa e tsoa United States. E ne e le ka December 2013 U.S. thekiso ea metsu ea anti-tank ea 15,000 TOW ho Saudis ka chelete e ka bang $ 1 bilione-e leng phello ea qeto ea Obama pejana selemong seo ea ho fetola thibelo ea hae ea thuso e bolaeang ho lihlopha tse hlometseng tse khahlanong le Assad. Ho feta moo, Saudis e ne e lumetse hore metsu eo e khahlanong le litanka e tla isoa ho lihlopha tsa Syria feela ka boikhethelo ba US. Metsu ea TOW e ile ea qala ho fihla Syria ka 2014 mme haufinyane e ile ea fihla tšusumetso e kholo ho leka-lekana la sesole.

Moroallo ona oa libetsa Syria, hammoho le ho kena ha bahlabani ba tsoang linaheng tse ling ba 20,000 ka hare ho naha-haholo-holo ho pholletsa le Turkey-ho hlalositse haholo mofuta oa ntoa. Libetsa tsena li thusitse ho etsa tumellano ea al Qaeda ea Syria, al Nusra Front (eo hona joale e seng e rehiloe lebitso la Tahrir al-Sham kapa Levant Liberation Organisation) le balekane ba eona ba haufi ka mabotho a matla ka ho fetesisa a khahlanong le Assad Syria—'me ea hlahisa 'Muso oa Boislamo.

Ho elella bofelong ba selemo sa 2012, ho ile ha hlaka ho ba boholong ba US hore karolo e kholo ka ho fetisisa ea libetsa e qalileng ho phallela Syria mathoasong a selemo e ne e ea ho ba teng ha al Qaeda e ntseng e hōla ka potlako naheng eo. Ka October 2012, U.S. ba boholong ba ile ba lumela ntle ho tlaleho ka lekhetlo la pele ho New York Times hore  "boholo" ba lihlomo tse rometsoeng ho lihlopha tsa bohanyetsi tse hlometseng Syria ka thuso ea thepa ea U.S. selemong se fetileng li ne li ile ho "li-jihadists tsa Mamosleme tse thata" - ka ho hlakileng e bolelang al Qaeda's Syrian franchise, al Nusra.

Al Nusra Front le balekane ba eona e ile ea e-ba bona ba ka sehloohong ba amohelang libetsa hobane Saudis, Turks le Qataris ba ne ba batla hore libetsa li ee ho lihlopha tsa sesole tse atlehileng haholo ho hlasela lipheo tsa 'muso. Lehlabuleng la 2012, al Nusra Front, e tšehelitsoe ke likete tsa li-jihadists tsa kantle ho naha tse tšelang moeli oa Turkey, li ne li se li ntse li le teng. ho etella pele tlhaselong 'musong oa Syria ka tšebelisano le lihlopha tsa "Free Syrian Army".

Ka Pulungoana le Tšitoe 2012, al Nusra Front e ile ea qala ho theha "likamore tse kopaneng tsa ts'ebetso" le ba ipitsang "Sesole sa Mahala sa Syria" lintoeng tse 'maloa tsa ntoa, joalo ka ha Charles Lister a ngola bukeng ea hae. Siria Jihad. E mong oa molaoli ea joalo ea neng a ratoa ke Washington e ne e le Col. Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi, eo e kileng ea e-ba ofisiri ea sesole sa Syria ea neng a etella pele ntho e bitsoang Lekhotla la Sesole la Phetohelo ea Aleppo. Moemeli Robert Ford, ea ileng a tsoela pele ho tšoara boemo boo le ka mor'a hore a tlosoe Syria, o ile a etela Oqaidi phatlalatsa ka May 2013 ho hlalosa tšehetso ea U.S ho eena le FSA.

Empa Oqaidi le mabotho a hae e ne e le balekane ba banyenyane mokhatlong oa kopanelo oa Aleppo moo al Nusra e neng e le ntho e matla ka ho fetisisa. 'Nete eo e hlakile e bonahatsoa ka video moo Oqaidi a hlalosang likamano tsa hae tse ntle le liofisiri tsa "Islamic State" mme a bonts'oa a ikopanya le molaoli ea ka sehloohong oa jihadist sebakeng sa Aleppo ho keteka ho ts'oaroa ha Menagh Air Base ea mmuso oa Syria ka Loetse 2013.

Qalong ea 2013, ha e le hantle, "Sesole sa Mahala sa Syria," seo e neng e e-s'o ka e e-ba mokhatlo oa sesole se nang le mabotho leha e le afe, se ne se khaolitse ho ba le bohlokoa ba sebele ntoeng ea Syria. Lihlopha tse ncha tse hlometseng tse khahlanong le Assad li ne li emisitse ho sebelisa lebitso lena joalo ka "lets'oao" ho itsebahatsa, e le setsebi se etelletseng pele litabeng tsa sechaba. khohlano e bonoang.

Kahoo, ha libetsa tse tsoang Turkey li fihla lintoeng tse fapaneng tsa ntoa, li ile tsa utloisisoa ke lihlopha tsohle tseo e seng tsa jihadist hore li tla arolelanoa le al Nusra Front le balekane ba eona ba haufi. Tlaleho ea McClatchy qalong ea 2013, toropong e ka leboea bohareng ba Syria, e bontšitse kamoo litokisetso tsa sesole pakeng tsa al Nusra le li-brigade tse ipitsang "Sesole sa Mahala oa Syria" li laola kabo ea libetsa. E 'ngoe ea lihlopha tseo, Victory Brigade, e ne e kentse "kamoreng ea ts'ebetso e kopanetsoeng" le molekane oa bohlokoa ka ho fetisisa oa sesole oa al Qaeda, Ahrar al Sham, tlhaselong e atlehileng motseng oa leano libeke tse 'maloa pejana. Moqolotsi oa litaba ea etileng o ile a shebella hore brigade le Ahrar al Sham ba bonts'a libetsa tse ncha tse tsoetseng pele tse kenyelletsang li-rocket tse entsoeng ka mahetla tsa RPG27 tse entsoeng ka mahetla tsa RPG6 le liqhomane tsa liqhomane tsa RGXNUMX.

Ha a botsoa hore na Victory Brigade e arolelane libetsa tsa eona tse ncha le Ahrar al Sham, 'muelli oa morao-rao o ile a araba, "Ehlile ba arolelana libetsa tsa bona le rona. Re loana hammoho.”

Turkey le Qatar ka hloko li ile tsa khetha al Qaeda le motsoalle oa eona ea haufi, Ahrar al Sham, hore e be baamoheli ba lisebelisoa tsa libetsa. Qetellong ea 2013 le mathoasong a 2014, likoloi tse ngata tse tletseng libetsa tse neng li lebile profinseng ea Hatay, ka boroa ho moeli oa Turkey, li ile tsa amoheloa ke mapolesa a Turkey. Ba ne ba e-na le basebetsi ba bohlale ba Turkey ka sekepeng, ho latela bopaki ba lekhotla la mapolesa la Turkey hamorao. Profinse ena e ne e laoloa ke Ahrar al Sham. Ebile Turkey haufinyane e ile ea qala ho tšoara Ahrar al Sham joalo ka moreki oa eona oa mantlha oa Syria, ho latela Faysal Itani, motho e moholo Setsing sa Rafik Hariri sa Atlantic Council for Middle East.

Setsebi sa mahlale sa Qatari se neng se kentse letsoho ho romeleng lihlomo ho lihlopheng tse feteletseng tsa Libya e ne e le motho ea ka sehloohong ho tsamaiseng ho phalla ha libetsa ho tloha Turkey ho ea Syria. Mohloli oa bohlale oa Maarabia o tloaelaneng le lipuisano lipakeng tsa barekisi ba kantle ho moeli oa Syria naheng ea Turkey lilemong tseo o ile a bolella Washington Post's David Ignatius hore ha e mong oa barupeluoa a lemosa hore matla a kantle a ntse a haha ​​​​li-jihadist ha lihlopha tseo e seng tsa Boislamo li ntse li fokola, basebetsi ba Qatar ba ile ba arabela, "Ke tla romela libetsa ho al Qaeda haeba e tla thusa."

Ba Qatari ba ile ba fana ka matsoho ho al Nusra Front le Ahrar al Sham, ho latela a Mohloli oa diplomatic oa Middle East. Tsamaiso ea Obama Basebetsi ba Lekgotla la Naha la Tshireletso ba sisintsweng ka 2013 hore United States e bonts'a ho se thabise ha US le Qatar ka ho ts'oara ha eona batho ba chesehelang matla Syria le Libya ka ho ntša sehlopha sa lifofane tsa ntoa setsing sa lifofane sa U.S. al-Udeid, Qatar. Pentagon e ile ea hanyetsa mofuta oo o bonolo oa khatello, leha ho le joalo, ho sireletsa phihlello ea eona setsing sa eona sa Qatar.

Mopresidente Obama ka boeena o ile a tobana le Tonakholo Recep Tayyip Erdogan mabapi le ts'ehetso ea mmuso oa hae bakeng sa jihadists lijong tsa poraefete tsa White House ka Mots'eanong 2013, joalo ka ha ho hlalositsoe ke Hersh. "Rea tseba hore na u etsa'ng ka batho ba matla ba Syria," o qotsa Obama ha a re ho Erdogan.

Tsamaiso e ile ea bua ka tšebelisano ea Turkey le al Nusra phatlalatsa, leha ho le joalo, ka nakoana feela ho elella bofelong ba 2014. Nakoana ka mor'a hore a tlohe Ankara, Francis Ricciardone, moemeli oa United States ho Turkey ho tloha 2011 ho fihlela bohareng ba 2014, e boletse Daily Telegraph  ea London hore Turkey e ne e “sebelitse le lihlopha, ha e le hantle, ka nako e itseng, ho akarelletsa le al Nusra.”

Washington e haufi ka ho fetisisa e ile ea khalemeloa ke sechaba ho balekane ba eona ka ho ts'oaroa ha likhukhuni Syria ke ha Motlatsi oa Mopresidente Joe Biden a nyatsa karolo ea bona ka Mphalane 2014. Ka mantsoe a sa lebelloang Sekolong sa Kennedy sa Univesithi ea Harvard, Biden o ile a tletleba ka hore "bothata ba rona bo boholo ke balekane ba rona." Mabotho ao ba faneng ka 'ona ka libetsa, o itse, ke "al Nusra le al Qaeda le likarolo tse feteletseng tsa jihadis tse tsoang likarolong tse ling tsa lefats'e."

Biden kapele a kōpa tšoarelo bakeng sa litlhaloso, a hlalosa hore o ne a sa bolele hore lilekane tsa US li thusitse ka boomo li-jihadists. Empa Moemeli Ford o tiisitse tletlebo ea hae, ho bolela BBC"Seo Biden a se buileng ka balekane ba mpefatsang bothata ba ho fetelletsa lintho ke 'nete."

Ka June 2013 Obama e amohelehang thuso ea pele e bolaeang ea sesole ea US ho lihlopha tsa marabele tse neng li lekoa ke CIA. Ka selemo sa 2014, metsu ea BGM-71E e entsoeng ke US e tsoang ho 15,000 e fetiselitsoeng ho Saudis. qala ho hlaha matsohong a lihlopha tse khethiloeng tse khahlanong le Assad. Empa CIA e behile boemo ba hore sehlopha se ba amohelang se ke ke sa sebelisana le al Nusra Front kapa balekane ba eona.

Boemo boo bo ne bo bolela hore Washington e fana ka lihlopha tsa sesole tse neng li le matla ho lekana ho boloka boipuso ba tsona ho al Nusra Front. Empa lihlopha tse lethathamong la CIA la lihlopha tse hlometseng tse "itekanetseng" kaofela li ne li le kotsing e kholo ea ho nkuoa ke mokhatlo oa al Qaeda. Ka Pulungoana 2014, mabotho a al Nusra Front a ile a hlasela lihlopha tse hlometseng tse matla ka ho fetisisa tse tšehelitsoeng ke CIA, Harakat Hazm le Syrian Revolutionary Front ka matsatsi a latellanang mme ba hapa libetsa tsa bona tse boima, ho kenyeletsoa ka bobeli metsu ea TOW anti-tank le lirokete tsa GRAD.

Mathoasong a Hlakubele 2015, lekala la Harakat Hazm Aleppo le ile la qhalana, 'me al Nusra Front e ile ea bontša hang-hang linepe tsa metsu ea TOW le lisebelisoa tse ling tseo ba li nkileng ho eona. Mme ka Hlakubele 2016, mabotho a al Nusra Front ya hlasela ntlokgolo ea 13th Division profinseng e ka leboea-bophirima ea Idlib mme a hapa metsu eohle ea eona ea TOW. Hamorao khoeling eo, al Nusra Front o lokolla video ea mabotho a eona a sebelisa metsu ea TOW eo e neng e e hapile.

Empa eo e ne e se eona feela tsela ea hore al Nusra Front e rue molemo ho CIA e kholo. Hammoho le motsoalle oa eona ea haufi Ahrar al Sham, mokhatlo oa likhukhuni a qala ho rera bakeng sa letšolo la ho nka taolo e felletseng ea profinse ea Idlib mariha a 2014-15. Ho lahla boikaketsi bofe kapa bofe bo hole le al Qaeda, Turkey, Saudi Arabia le Qatar ho sebelitse le al Nusra ho thehoeng ha sesole se secha sa Idlib se bitsoang "Sesole sa Tlholo," se nang le selekane sa al Qaeda le balekane ba sona ba haufi. Saudi Arabia le Qatar a fana ka libetsa tse eketsehileng bakeng sa letšolo, ha Turkey e nolofalitse tsela ea bona. Ka la 28 Hlakubele, matsatsi a mane feela kamora ho qala letšolo lena, Sesole sa Tlholo se ile sa atleha ho hapa taolo ea Idlib City.

Lihlopha tse hlometseng tseo e seng tsa jihadist tse fumanang libetsa tse tsoetseng pele ho tsoa ho thuso ea CIA e ne e se karolo ea tlhaselo ea pele ea Idlib City. Kamora ho ts'oaroa ha Idlib, kamore ea ts'ebetso e etelletsoeng pele ke US bakeng sa Syria ka boroa ho Turkey e ile ea saena ho lihlopha tse tšehelitsoeng ke CIA tse Idlib hore joale li ka nka karolo letšolong la ho kopanya taolo holim'a profinse eohle. Ho latela Lister, mofuputsi oa Borithane mabapi le li-jihadist tsa Syria ea bolokang likhokahano le li-jihadist le lihlopha tse ling tse hlometseng, ba amohelang libetsa tsa CIA, joalo ka Fursan al haq brigade le Division 13, o kene lets'olo la Idlib haufi le al Nusra Front ntle le ts'ebetso ea CIA ho ba khaola.

Ha tlhaselo ea Idlib e qala, lihlopha tse tšehelitsoeng ke CIA li ne li fumana metsu ea TOW ka bongata, 'me joale li sebelitse ka katleho e kholo khahlanong le litanka tsa sesole sa Syria. Eo e bile qalo ea karolo e ncha ea ntoa, moo leano la U.S. e neng e le ho ts'ehetsa selekane lipakeng tsa lihlopha tse "itekanetseng" le al Nusra Front.

Selekane se secha se ile sa isoa Aleppo, moo lihlopha tsa jihadist tse haufi le Nusra Front li thehileng taelo e ncha e bitsoang Fateh Halab ("Aleppo Conquest") le lihlopha tse robong tse hlometseng profinseng ea Aleppo tse neng li fumana thuso ea CIA. Lihlopha tse tšehelitsoeng ke CIA li ka bolela hore ha li sebelisane le al Nusra Front hobane tumello ea al Qaeda e ne e se ka molao lethathamong la bankakarolo taelong. Empa joalo ka tlaleho ea taelo e ncha ka ho hlaka, ena e ne e mpa e le mokhoa oa ho lumella CIA hore e tsoele pele ho fana ka libetsa ho bareki ba eona, ho sa tsotellehe selekane sa bona le al Qaeda.

Bohlokoa ba sena sohle bo hlakile: ka ho thusa balekane ba eona ba Sunni ho fana ka libetsa ho al Nusra Front le balekane ba eona le ka ho kenella sebakeng sa ntoa libetsa tse tsoetseng pele tse neng li tlameha ho oela matsohong a al Nusra kapa ho matlafatsa boemo ba bona ba sesole ka kakaretso, leano la U.S. e bile le boikarabello ba ho atolosa matla a al Qaeda ho pholletsa le karolo e kholo ea sebaka sa Syria. CIA le Pentagon li bonahala li ikemiselitse ho mamella ho eka ha thomo ea Amerika ea ho loantša bokhukhuni. Ntle le haeba Congress kapa White House e tobana le ho eka ka ho hlaka, joalo ka ha molao oa Tulsi Gabbard o ne o tla ba qobella ho etsa joalo, leano la US le tla tsoelapele ho ba le seabo ho kopantseng matla ke al Qaeda Syria, leha Naha ea Islamic e hloloa moo.

Gareth Porter ke moqolotsi oa litaba ea ikemetseng le ea hlōlang moputso oa 2012 Gellhorn oa boqolotsi ba litaba. Ke eena moqapi oa libuka tse ngata, ho kenyelletsa   Bothata bo entsoeng: The Untold Story ea Iran Nuclear Scare (Libuka Tsa Lefatše Feela, 2014).