Syria: Americas Democratic Terrorists?Tony Cartalucci Reuters in its article, Syrian military source alleges Turkish role in Idlib offensive, noted: For years, prominent Western papers, including the New York Times in their report, C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition, have admitted that Turkey (as well as Jordan to the south) has harbored militants throughout the duration of the conflict, and has even hosted the CIA and other foreign intelligence agencies as they armed, trained, and coordinated with militants bound for Syria. It is a coincidence, we are expected to believe, that now Al Qaedas Syrian franchise, Jabhat al Nusra just so happens to be strongest in regions bordering Turkey, and its Arab accomplice, Jordan. Further implicating Western support behind the recent Al Qaeda offensive, comes not from the Syrian government, but from the Wall Street Journal, who has claimed, with the terrorists not even holding the city for a week, that they are already well underway to governing it. The Wall Street Journal in an article titled, Syrian Opposition Tries to Govern Newly Won Idlib City, claims: Turkeys media demanded the seized city be used as a seat to host an interim government, a scenario hatched by US policymakers years ago in a bid to replicate Western success in dividing, then destroying the North African nation of Libya. Originally it appeared that Aleppo would be the targeted capital of the Wests proxy regime, but the window appears to have closed on that opportunity. By hosting the interim government in Idlib, NATO could be invited to provide protection via a no-fly-zone, effectively and permanently dividing Syria, and eventually leading to the overthrowing of the nation entirely. The WSJ also reported that: The Journal is apparently using the terms opposition and Al Qaeda interchangeably, while also lumping the exiled Syrian National Coalition in with the notorious terrorist franchise a US State Department-listed foreign terrorist organization. The Journal is also admitting that the Coalition is funding Al Qaeda to run local councils. The narrative, repeated across the Western media, is that Idlib has been irreversibly seized by the opposition, and destined to become the capital of Syrias alleged opposition. Americas Democratic Terrorists Only a handful of Western sources include Al Qaeda in their headlines regarding Idlib. Many headlines are referring to Jabhat al Nusra, a US State Department-listed terrorist organization, as the Syrian opposition, or a Jihadi or Islamist coalition. It is clear that the West is attempting to spin the fall of an entire city to Al Qaeda as a victory, rather than a threat to global peace and stability. Talk from the terrorists themselves attempts to portray a softer image, asking for consultation regarding the administration of the city. This comes in the wake of other recent calls by US ally, and host of the US Combat Air Operations Center for the Middle East, Qatar, who openly admitted it was supporting Al Qaeda in Syria, and sought to back it further with the precondition al Nusra scaled back its extremist rhetoric (note: not scale back its actual extremism). In Reuters article, Syrias Nusra Front may leave Qaeda to form new entity, it would be reported that: Reuters admits inadvertently that al Nusra is already enjoying Qatari support. It is clear that al Nusra has not severed ties to Al Qaeda because it is Al Qaeda. What is forming before the worlds collective eyes is an attempt to sell the concept of an Al Qaeda-led opposition government, based in Idlib, behind which NATO and its Persian Gulf allies will place their support. While this scenario seems implausible, it should be mentioned that from the beginning of the fighting in Libya in 2011, it was pointed out by many geopolitical analysts that the so-called freedom fighters were in fact literally Al Qaeda, with NATO providing it with air cover, weapons, cash, and diplomatic support. In Libya, operational momentum outpaced the publics awareness regarding the true nature of the opposition. In Syria, the West is desperately trying to reshape the publics awareness that the opposition is in fact Al Qaeda before a NATO buffer zone can be created around Idlib. Tony Cartalucci, Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer, especially for the online magazineNew Eastern Outlook, where this article first appeared. 