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(NSFW) Kurds Abandon Humvee After ATGM Strike in Northern Syria
Published 3 years ago
Members of an unknown faction inside of the Free Syrian Army conduct an ATGM strike against Kurdish fighters in Northern Syria. This is what happens to an armored humvee when it gets hit by an AT missile.
This video is causing quite the stir in some places on the internet. The reason for the controversy is that back in the day, the United States used to support the Free Syrian Army by providing certain units within the greater Free Syrian Army with arms and equipment, more specifically ATGM systems. The Kurds in Northern Syria are also a faction that are supported by the United States, and pretty much lead the fight against the Islamic State in Northern Syria. Which is where the confusion starts.
At face value, it would be easy to take this video and say that the U.S. Government is supplying and backing two factions who happen to be killing each other at the rapid rate in Northern Syria. When you dig a bit deeper into the conflict in Syria however, it's pretty clear that the United States stopped support for an overwhelming majority of the Free Syrian Army a long time ago, as the group has since splinted and fractured into dozens of smaller extremist organizations.
Either way, one thing can be said about this video. Extremists in Syria never would have started firing ATGM systems at the cyclic rate if the American Central Intelligence Agency had not made them a viral hit amongst extremist fighters in the region courtesy of individuals like Abu TOW and the 13th Coastal Division who were forced to publish every single TOW strike directly to YouTube in order to get their resupplies.
