Not the first time the US has opted to back multiple factions in a civil war. See US covert and overt actions in Liberia 1970s to 2003, by Niels Hahn. If the objective is to create a crippled and dependent sphere of influence with endless pretexts for further intervention in a region of vast strategic significance, this is how to go.
Not the first time the US has opted to back multiple factions in a civil war. See US covert and overt actions in Liberia 1970s to 2003, by Niels Hahn. If the objective is to create a crippled and dependent sphere of influence with endless pretexts for further intervention in a region of vast strategic significance, this is how to go.