U.S. pulls the plug on Syria rebel training program
Category: News & Politics
Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • 9 years ago • 4 commentsThe United States will largely abandon its failed efforts to train moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and instead provide arms and equipment directly to rebel leaders and their units on the battlefield, the Obama administration said on Friday.
Wormuth defended the Pentagon program launched in May that trained only 60 fighters, falling far short of the original goal of 5,400 and so working out at a cost so far of nearly $10 million per trained fighter. (LINK)
Yourtax dollars at work!
This is the best thing to do considering the last individuals we trained went over to the dark side taking their weapons, vehicles, and expertise with them to fight against our favored group.
Like Iran, countries like Syria and Iraq are wary of once again accepting the influence of a superpower. I have a feeling Russia and China have another lesson to learn from this adventure. They will not be welcomed as liberators, as we were in Iraq and Israel may stand in their way of getting their hands on newly discovered Syrian oil reserves.
Iran has not forgotten that the USA and Russia teamed up with Iraq against them in the Iraq-Iran war. It cost them a lot of "martyrs" (who are still celebrated, today), but Iraq now wants to be their friend and keeps the USA at arms length, despite taking billions from the USA.
Quagmire! (we are well out of)