US seeks longer ISIS life – Report

In the present situation, Washington has lost the excuse to continue to stay on the Syrian soil, with the pressures mounting on the US to withdraw its forces, but Americans are moving against the exit demands by intensifying their support for remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

End of Daesh terrorist group in Syria and Iraq now makes any longer US military presence in the two countries meaningless, though since the beginning the American military deployment to Syria was uninvited and so a violation of the Syrian sovereignty and in practice lacked the intention to fight the terrorists.

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) has reported that helicopters of the US air force recently evacuated a number of Daesh commanders from an area in Deir ez-Zor in Syria’s east to al-Hasakah in northeastern corner of the country which is under control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a predominantly Kurdish militant alliance backed by the US.

This is not the first time the Americans transfer Daesh leaders and fighters in various parts of Syria. Eyewitnesses suggested that before the Syrian army started its operation against the terrorist group in Mayadin in the east of the country in mid-October, the American helicopters transferred a number of Daesh terrorists from other parts of Syria to the encircled region.

The very significant point is that terrorists groups like al-Nusra Front that rebranded itself to Tahrir ash-Sham, the main branch of al-Qa’eda in Syria, have been sidelined in the US plans and Daesh has replaced them as the main party backed by the Americans. But why is the Daesh now finding favor with the US which is taking steps in the terrorist group’s support?

The US is working hard to steer clear of fully losing Syria to Russia and Iran. Syria’s geopolitical position advantages like its neighborhood with Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories as well as access to the Mediterranean Sea make it a setting for many actors seeking influence.

The US, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia over the past six years feverishly worked to try to remove President Assad of Syria to pave the way for obtaining their goals in the that country. The three parties’ main instrument to this end was the Daesh terrorist group. Many documents substantiate hands of these countries in forming and nurturing Daesh in the crisis-hit country.

Talal bin Abdul-Aziz Aal-e Saud has disclosed that Daesh was created in Saudi Arabia. The American whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed documents proving that Daesh was an American-made terror organization. Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton several times talked about the US role in the emergence of the terrorist group. Donald Trump during his campaign-time attacks on the Obama administration’s policies revealed that Daesh was made by the US intelligence services.

So, it is more than clear that the West created Daesh in the face of the regional camp known as Axis of Resistance. The US now seeks to protect Daesh commanders in an effort to prevent its full collapse as the group showed having a big potential for unifying the opposition camp. The social networks provide the terrorist group with an efficient platform to continue life now that it is neutralized as an organization on the ground.

The head of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affair Roy Johnson warned that the cyberspace will be the new place of the Daesh caliphate.

The analysts hold the idea that one of the main factors barring al-Qaeda from proliferation was a failure to upgrade and walk side by side with the modern technology. Additionally, al-Qaeda promotes an anti-Western policy. This is why in the past few years it has had downturns in front of Daesh upturn, something made it fall out of favor with the US. Washington created, trained, and armed al-Qaeda in the 1980s to fight the Soviet Red Army in Afghanistan.

Despite the fact that Daesh has totally lost its territories in Syria and Iraq, the US finds the group highly reliable for future projects serving the American goals in Afghanistan and Central Asia. After all, it has shown recruiting potentials and its agenda has never been to fight the Western forces in the region. Daesh behavior in such hot spots as Syria and Iraq made it clear that it is inclined to work with the West and Israel, and it has worked with them on the ground.

Daesh is actually a handy excuse for the US to stay in Syria despite the strong objections of the Syrian government.

After the finish of the terrorist group, now Washington is stripped of pretexts for ongoing presence in Syria. The Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 11 from Russian airbase in Syria ordered the withdrawal of the Russian forces from Syria after the conclusion of the mission, setting in motion waves of pressure on the US to follow suit.

In this situation, Washington thinks the the best move is to protect Daesh commanders and leaders for use in prospective projects. US can build its argument for staying longer in Syria on fighting remnants of Daesh

This apparently leads to the conclusion that terrorist groups have often presented instruments serving the US interests. Therefore, full Daesh destruction is never good news to the American interests and Washington will strive to impede its annihilation.

That was taken from Alwaght.com

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