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The editorial is strategic. The clashes within Syria are tactical. We've had US Army-trained rebels torture and kill CIA-trained rebels in Syria; it's a complicated little mess with a constantly-shifting set of factions attempting to eke out advantage over each other. Do a Google image search for "factions in Syria" and see if it makes you more or less confused. Chechnyans are Russian citizens and they hate the shit out of Russia. They fight with ISIS, they fight with Al Qaeda, they fight with whatever so long as it fucks the Russians over. Hemingway fought in the Spanish Civil War; that didn't mean the US picked a side. But if Israel decides it wants to exert some influence things'll get interesting.