{"id":29995,"date":"2017-11-15T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=29995"},"modified":"2017-11-15T12:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:41:59","slug":"war-on-isis-whose-side-are-we-really-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/war-on-isis-whose-side-are-we-really-on\/","title":{"rendered":"War on ISIS \u2013 Whose Side Are We Really On?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a press conference that the US military would remain in Syria for the long haul, &#8220;as long as there are ISIS who want to fight&#8221; he said. He falsely claimed that the US operates in Syria with UN permission. According to a blockbuster BBC report, however, the US government was part of a secret deal to allow thousands of ISIS fighters and their families safe passage from Raqqa &#8212; with their weapons! What&#8217;s going on here? Join us for today&#8217;s Ron Paul Liberty Report:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T-auMFIsgtc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Reprinted from <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/\">The Ron Paul Institute for Peace &amp; Prosperity<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a press conference that the US military would remain in Syria for the long haul, &#8220;as long as there are ISIS who want to fight&#8221; he said. He falsely claimed that the US operates in Syria with UN permission. 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