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| Robert Gates: US rebel training program 'nuts,' |
| 2015-10-17 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna A doomed US plan now on hold to train Syrian rebel fighters outside the country to fight the Islamic State was "nuts," former defense secretary Robert Gates said. President Barack Obama's administration has suspended its $500 million train and equip effort in the latest embarrassment concerning a Syria strategy that has stumbled from one setback to the next. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 Phew thank goodness the relentless MSM coverage of this disaster finally got it shut down. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-10-17 15:52 |
| #4 "Kill them all and let God sort them out." Interesting historical footnote - this quote from a Jesuit priest. It was his response to an underling asking how he could tell which residents of a small town were the heretics. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-10-17 15:37 |
| #3 ...that could be part of the Russian RoE - Kill them all and let God sort them out. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-10-17 10:17 |
| #2 Krauthammer: “They’ve [Russia] been attacking the forces, anti-ISIS, anti-Assad forces, our clients, our people, they’ve been attacking them from the air,” |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-10-17 08:05 |
| #1 It's not 'nuts' at all if the training program is simply a screen, and you're actually using the half-billion USD for something else. Where's the refunded portion ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-17 07:34 |