Your trusted source

Washington has pretexted ISIL in order for the United States to carry out military intervention in Syria, says a political commentator.

Ken Stone, with the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War from Ontario, told Press TV in an interview on Tuesday that the United States is using ISIL “as a pretext to attack Syria through the back door.”

“The fact is that ISIS is a Frankenstein, a monster, that the US created and went out of its control somewhat,” Stone stated, mentioning the other name of ISIL.

“Now the United States is trying to reign it in,” he added.

The analyst also commented on the ongoing battle between Kurdish forces and the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the town of Kobani, which is located near the Syrian border with Turkey.

“I don’t think the United States is particularly interested in helping the people of Kobani or the Kurds in Syria defend themselves against ISIS,” Stone said.

He argued that the issue of Kobani was “caused initially by the United States, its allies and the Friends of Syria group, who wanted to overthrow the legitimate government of Syria.”

The head of the Kobani Governing Council, Anwar Muslim, has said that airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition against ISIL positions in Syria are not working.

“Washington seems to feel – as usual – that it is the cop of the world; that it can go ahead without United Nations Security Council approval and intervene where and when it feels like to mislead a number of countries to become part of the coalition of the clueless,” Stone stated.

The ISIL militants have been trying to seize control of Kobani since mid-September and despite capturing nearby Kurdish villages, they have failed to take over the town due to resistance by Kurdish forces.