US bombs, and New York Times--as usual--justifies

Look at this headline: "U.S. Strikes Follow Plea by Syrian Opposition Leader on Behalf of Kurds".  In response to pleas? US puppets in the Saudi-Qatari opposition have been begging for US war for months, how come the US decided to respond now? The US is that much response to pleas by Hadi Bahra, or whatever his name is?