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#BringBackOurRebels: Obama's 50 Man 'Vetted Moderate' Syrian Rebel Army Vanishes After Training | |
2015-07-28 | |
If you thought the farce of American foreign policy under the Obama administration couldn't get any worse, you need to revise your expectations. Earlier this month Defense Secretary Ashton Carter briefed Congress on the $500 million program to train "vetted moderate" Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State. CNN reported: The United States has only trained approximately 60 Syrian rebel fighters as of July 3, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, saying the number is "much smaller" than the administration hoped to train at this point. As Politico noted at the time, the price tag for these 60 fighters was $4 million each with half of the $500 million appropriated for Obama's "vetted moderate" rebel army having already been spent. So how are our "vetted moderate" rebels faring? No one knows, because apparently they have vanished (HT: Alimhaider). McClatchy reports today: The dispute over aims has made it almost impossible for the U.S. and other allies to recruit young Syrians under the $500 million U.S. "train and equip" program. Hundreds of recruits reportedly walked off when they were asked to commit to fight only the Islamic State and not the Assad regime. So after two weeks Obama's "vetted moderate" army hasn't been heard from since. Either they were wiped out instantly or they joined the ISIS. Good job Obumble. Your program is worse than a complete failure and you are still the laughingstock of the world.
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Posted by:DarthVader |
#6 I bet they walked away with some sweet U.S. hardware to boot. All to be used against Israel eventually. |
Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-07-28 19:23 |
#5 I bet they walked away with some sweet U.S. hardware to boot. |
Posted by: Raj 2015-07-28 10:58 |
#4 Very difficult to validate the "moderate" mooslim theory if none can be found or recreated. Sort of like the saw billed, double pouched, flying Triandulasouris-Rexus. If we could only find one. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-28 04:37 |
#3 "Possibly they joined Al Nusra..." More than likely. |
Posted by: newc 2015-07-28 02:10 |
#2 A lot of us at home ain't laughing either. |
Posted by: SteveS 2015-07-28 01:58 |
#1 you are still the laughingstock of the world Nobody in Israel laughs. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-28 01:47 |