Israel and the US also supported "Syrian rebels," AKA ISIS. There is a lot of misconception about ideological agreements vs. real politics. The US is pathologically obsessed with turning over every couch cushion in rooting out anti-Semitism domestically, but they will boost groups like ISIS and Azov abroad so long as they are focused on fighting the GAE's geopolitical enemies.
Of course, this kind of thing isn't fool proof. Empowering ideological enemies in the name of geopolitics could always blow up in their face once the wars dial down. You can bet glowy analysts weigh that kind of stuff in their operations.
Arguably, their solution to the problem of empowering ideological enemies is to have them killed. Ukrainian "Nazis" may have started to become a "problem" and this is their way of pulling the plug. An ultimate failsafe. Kill them if they become a problem.
Israel and the US also supported "Syrian rebels," AKA ISIS. There is a lot of misconception about ideological agreements vs. real politics. The US is pathologically obsessed with turning over every couch cushion in rooting out anti-Semitism domestically, but they will boost groups like ISIS and Azov abroad so long as they are focused on fighting the GAE's geopolitical enemies.
Of course, this kind of thing isn't fool proof. Empowering ideological enemies in the name of geopolitics could always blow up in their face once the wars dial down. You can bet glowy analysts weigh that kind of stuff in their operations.
Arguably, their solution to the problem of empowering ideological enemies is to have them killed. Ukrainian "Nazis" may have started to become a "problem" and this is their way of pulling the plug. An ultimate failsafe. Kill them if they become a problem.
They will definitely try to kill them when the time is right. For now, they seem content with using them as fodder.