Other times in History when USA supported death squads :

[TruthLogic]

Much like what is going on in Syria

THE USA did the same In south America only a few decades ago ,

Using terror and death squads too destabilize regimes and THEN calling them freedom fighters is a proven American method !

Central America and the Iran-Contra Scandal
The 8 years Reagan was in office represented one of the most bloody eras in the history of the Western hemisphere, as Washington funneled money, weapons and other supplies to right wing death squads. And the death toll was staggering–more than 70,000 political killings in El Salvador, more than 100,000 in Guatemala, 30,000 killed in the contra war in Nicaragua. In Washington, the forces carrying out the violence were called "freedom fighters." Reagan described the Contras in Nicaragua as, "our brothers, these freedom fighters and we owe them our help. They are the moral equal of our founding fathers."


Research recent history , and see if being repeated right now in the middle east ,