No ‘moderate’ militants in Syria: Dr. Barrett

‘An American political commentator says there are no “moderate” militants in Syria that the Pentagon claims it wants to train, adding that the real purpose of the US involvement in the Arab country is to “destroy” it.

In an interview with Press TV Saturday, Dr. Kevin Barrett, professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, said, “Nobody in any position of expertise here thinks that there really is any significant moderate Syrian rebel force. It does not exist.”

The Pentagon announced on Friday that it plans to deploy about 1,000 troops to train what it calls moderate Syrian militants to fight against the ISIL (or ISIS) terrorist group.’

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