In a move that officials said was likely coming weeks ago, the Pentagon today announced that it is formally ending its $500 million “train and equip” program, which was meant to create a new, pro-US rebel faction, dubbed the New Syrian Forces (NSF).
The NSF program was a disastrous failure, with two “classes” of rebels sent to Syria, numbering around 125 in all, and accomplishing nothing. The first class was 54 people, and quickly routed by al-Qaeda, leaving “four or five” left in recent testimony to Congress.
Incredibly, that was probably less of a failure than the second class, which saw roughly 70 fighters show up in Syria from Turkey and more or less immediately give all their US-made weapons and vehicles to al-Qaeda. Adding to the confusion about “US-trained rebels,” the Pentagon insisted they’d never trained the second class leader.
When Congress initially funded the program, there was talk of creating a force of tens of thousands of fighters that would eventually take all of Syria. They kept lowering projections and eventually 20,000 troops in the first year became a goal of 500 troops in two years. They didn’t even make that goal, however, and they finally decided to just give up instead of lowering the figure yet again.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter appeared reluctant to totally admit failure, however, saying the US is still committed to training Syrian rebels. They’re just not saying how or making any specific plans right now.
The very action of the United States training these people is Material Support of Terrorism and state support of Terrorism, something they claim only the most evil countries do!
We should note that Americas Regime change agenda has many other arms, nay tentacles that are causing the world concern! Ukraine is another!
In fact, the whole Syrian conflict is now just an extension of the fight against Putin's occupation and annexation of Ukrainian territory. The Syrians hardly matter any more!
The United States sponsoring Terrorism
NSF…
No Such Force
New Syrian Farce
500 million? But who is counting?
From press reports here in Europe, the US intends to continue arming the Syrian rebels, which means, in essence, al-Qaeda. With Putin bogging himself down, the temptation to serve him up another Afghanistan will probably be too strong a temptation to resist, all the more so as the anti-Soviet campaign there was such a huge success.
Putin accomplished more in three days of fighting ISIS than Washington did in a year because he has the coordination of Syrian ground forces.
I believe the real reason the Pentagon ended the $500 million "moderate" terrorist training program is because there are no more "moderate terrorists around Syria that they could give the money to. Putin bombed them away! Thank you Mr. Putin for saving American taxpayers $500 mil.
Look: there never was any "moderate" rebels is Syria, they either were foreign mercenaries or those who USG claimed to be moderate. For USG and some European government justify their claims tgey hade to come up with something, which the result is a list of $500 million dollars from the pocket of American working class, although the $500 million is only top of the iceberg.
Turkish government, Erdogan regime inadequate security at a peace rally in Ankara rise three questions: 1- why inadequate security, 2- just last week Erdogan announced and escalated the killing of Kurdish people. 3- who is the main enemy of Kurdish people acting and governing the Turkish people and who this government is cooperating, supporting and supplying arms to, the answer, ISIS and Saudis, Qatari and Wahhabism. This inhuman attack is the second warning to Turkish and Kurdish people that these terrorist sponsored regimes are willing to kill millions of those that are against the government policies, that are against Saudis barbarism, that are for democracy. We said it long time ago, since year 2000 the rise of Neo fascism either religious or not been noted where even the US far right democrats been involved creating, orchestrating and paying for and to destroy nations and countries as Syria, Iraq and Libya, this has been their intention from the beginning.
Hmmmm, when did the U.S. Congress authorize this? Just like when did they authorize Obama to start dropping bombs on ISIS last year? Right, they didn't. The U.S. is a defacto dictatorship sowing death and destruction on others without any justification whatsoever and the so called other Western nations just smile and applaud. Funny how the these so called western nations call Russia every name in the book when it is them who should be name called and actually brought up on war crimes for fomenting a civil war in a nation slaughtering tens of thousands on both sides.
What, the U.S. Will not be arming and training ISIS anymore?
Notice that when a program or an idea fails miserably, the option of simply going home doesn't even occur to Washington? No, instead, if one fifth-column terrorist group doesn't work out, let's find another one to support! Let's find another way to meddle in the middle east! Our soldiers and military contractors have to have something to do.
The United States is the greatest state sponsor of terror in history. Now that's exceptional!