There’ve been stories going around for awhile about how poorly the CIA program to smuggle arms in to various Syrian rebel factions is going, but the Wall Street Journal is offering some of the most stark details of a failed program, which failed to get those so-called moderate rebels any real gains, and indeed has seen a large number of them abandoning the battlefield, or joining ISIS and other Islamist groups outright.
The CIA struggled to get weaponry into Syria in large enough amounts to seriously boost such groups, and forced them into rationing bullets while other Islamist rebel groups are seemingly awash in a sea of weaponry.
Cash given to the rebel groups is increasingly drying up as well, as the US shifts to the plan of training up a whole new rebel force to fight against ISIS, and leaves the future of their old allies uncertain, at best.
The previous secular rebels note that accepting US aid put a huge bullseye on their backs, and the weapons that came with it certainly weren’t worth the cost. The rebel factions the US was backing were never particularly successful, and US funding didn’t make them any moreso. Instead, it just underscored that the real rebellion was the Islamist rebellion.
The U.S. brazenly and openly looking to support rebels in a sovereign country thousands of km's away, while chastising Russia for supposedly doing the same on its own border region. Israel attacking Syria at will as well. Different rules for different countries.
You kneel before the Empire, or they cudgel you to your knees…either way, you're on your knees before the Empire.
ISIS is just another Black OP bull—t story. They were funded and armed by The US, Saudi Arabia and Israel as a proxy against Syria and Iran, and to drive Iraq away from Iran's orbit. Also, since Russia is supporting Syria and has good relations with Iran, indirectly this is aimed at them also.
How obvious does it all have to be, really?
Training terrorists who take your weapons, money and well-wishes then go off laughing at how stupid we are.
Thanks stupid AmeriKans! We'll be sure to use these on any of your troops or allies we find…once we get through with killing and driving out other Muslims first!
Arming proxy rebels in a soveign nation to bring about the country's downfall ought to be an Impeachable war crime. Why there ought to be a law against this.
Now the US is training them in Qatar.