Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
According to Carter, a Congressional approval of new war powers in Syria would not necessarily guarantee backing Syrian moderate rebels against Syrian regime's forces in the ongoing war.
"We don't foresee that happening any time soon," he said.
Carter reportedly said during a Senate hearing that no final decision has been made yet in this regard.
"A legal determination has not been made, whether we would have authority to do that or not," The U.S. Defence Secretary said.
The United States launched a training program aimed at preparing about 5000 Syrian moderate rebels to combat Death Eater fighters of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
through ground operations in Syria.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
the American strategy in this regard was exposed to a wide range of critique as it doesn't take into consideration the threat of pro-Assad forces to the trained rebels.