The al-Nusra front in Syria has
officially announced
that it is part of al-Qaeda. Even before the announcement, everyone
knew it was al-Qaeda. So why is it being armed to the teeth with
US-supplied weapons, and given training and strategic and diplomatic
support by the US government?
The US, after all, is officially at war with al-Qaeda, which the
American government blames for the still-unsolved crimes of September
11th, 2001...