Thank you @jasonliberty this is a fantastic piece!
Most people remain unaware of the level of psychological operations as part of unconventional warfare program that have been deployed in Syria.
Back in DD7, I explored the role of the White Helmets and PsyOps based on the -
US Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense Operations Field Manual released by Wikileaks. It describes how Unconventional Warfare must be carried out by surrogates / and irregular forces.
Unconventional Warfare, as of this manual is being defined as Operations conducted by, with, or through irregular forces in support of a resistance movement, an insurgency, or conventional military operations., reflecting two important criteria: UW must be conducted by, with, or through surrogates; and such surrogates must be irregular forces
I know @krnel has also covered the manual in some articles as well.
Hope you don't mind my leaving this link here as I think it definitely relates to the advent of the chemical attack narrative. If we remember, Obama stated that the use of chemical weapons were the 'red line' for the international community. Not long after, the Douma attacks occurred as if right on cue.
No I don’t mind at all, in fact really appreciate the link, thanks for sharing! I hadn’t looked into that manual yet, but it seems to lay out the very methods used to wage the 7-year proxy war on Syria. I’ll definitely check out your post and the manual, thanks again for sharing.