"Now we are faced with a serious great power that is not going to roll over for us."

American Col. Douglas Macgregor (Ret.) tells is like it is and does so in less than 2 minutes.  

And from Clayton Morris, another American telling the bald truth, in a few more words: "We are arming terrorists under the guise of democracy."

U.S. Secret Wars EXPOSED as oil tankers attacked overnight in Syria

This looks like the article Clayton is quoting, at the original publications site:

How Support to Partner Forces Enables Secret War (justsecurity.org)

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