Posted on Oct 9, 2015
What do you think about the Obama Administration ending the program to train and arm Syrian rebels?
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“Training thousands of infantry was not the right model, I think that’s become pretty clear,” said another senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.
The official said the training was “to be suspended, with the option to restart if conditions dictate, opportunities arise.” The official also said that support to Sunni Arab fighters in eastern Syria was an example of focusing on groups already fighting the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, “rather than using training to try to manufacture new brigades.”
The shift in strategy comes as critics in Congress have increasingly demanded that the administration make changes or face the elimination of the program altogether.
Update. I changed the hyperlink to the DoD News Release from October 9.
http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/622663/pentagon-pauses-moderate-syrian-train-and-equip-mission?source=GovDelivery
The official said the training was “to be suspended, with the option to restart if conditions dictate, opportunities arise.” The official also said that support to Sunni Arab fighters in eastern Syria was an example of focusing on groups already fighting the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, “rather than using training to try to manufacture new brigades.”
The shift in strategy comes as critics in Congress have increasingly demanded that the administration make changes or face the elimination of the program altogether.
Update. I changed the hyperlink to the DoD News Release from October 9.
http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/622663/pentagon-pauses-moderate-syrian-train-and-equip-mission?source=GovDelivery
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CAPT Hiram Patterson
I don't think the idea was stupid, it was the execution that was stupid. It was a bunch of posturing and sitting around on their behinds forever without making any definitive decisions. In other words, paralysis by analysis!
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No use throwing good money after bad, just because...sometimes its best to just cut your losses and the time is now...we have to have a shift in policy and shift in focus as the bear is moving in and we have to approach with different tactics.
We are going to revisit this decision within the next decade, we are seeing the fallout already with the exodus of 11,000,000 refugees already....
We are going to revisit this decision within the next decade, we are seeing the fallout already with the exodus of 11,000,000 refugees already....
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PV2 Glen Lewis
I really think as we move out "the bear" moving in is what is of concern to me. I don't trust Vladimir Putin and Russia's motives any more than I do those of ISIS. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but mopping up the mess they left in Afghanistan is a big part of what got us so heavily involved in the military situation in the Middle East. A task we still haven't completed to date. This is assuming by the bear you mean Russia.
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$500 million and they have 5 fighters to show for it. My plan is simple: Pay 50,000 unemployed grunts that much cash and provided the ammo & beer, the troubles would be all over.
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SFC Mark Merino
You are officially #1. I'll head up the program for free, but I get the most free ammo.
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