According to administration officials, the Pentagon has put forward a proposal for direct US military training and equipping of Syria’s rebel forces, formally putting the US military in direct contact with rebel fighters.
It’s a first, of sorts. The US is already training and arming Syria’s rebels, of course, but is doing so with the CIA taking the helm. That’s allowed the US to keep the details of the operations secret, but officials have also regularly bragged about the policy.
Having the Pentagon either replace or supplant the CIA efforts would theoretically give the policy more transparency, but seems primarily aimed at escalating the US role in the civil war.
General Martin Dempsey, the Joint Chiefs Chairman, had hinted at seeking Pentagon authority on the matter in recent testimony, saying that the military “knows” it can turn the moderate rebels into a viable fighting force.
The cia trained mercenaries not working so well, so pentagon wants a foot in for feature boots to come in later, how many of these "foots" are going to be Israelis is my first question. Where this training is going to take place, is my second question. Is training taking place in Virginia or Turkey or Denmark, after all pentagon option beside Virginia is Copenhagen-Denmark or somewhere along the Turkish Syrian border for training their Neo Terrorists. Turkey and Denmark are NATO members and NATO chef is Danish, former Denmark prime minister a Neo fascist that changed his job for more and bolder war then as prime minister and Denmark could afford..
Its just to dangerious never know when the moderates turn on their trainers like the wild cats they are .
never Know when the moderates will turn extreamist and kill their trainers do we
What is the US objective in arming the rebels? How does this protect the US national interest.? Another war to protect the apartheid state of Israel.
Yeah I don't see how people can understand it any other way. These are all Arab Wars for Israel, since 9/11/01. Every other excuse for preemptive wars with nations that had nothing to do with 9/11 or were any threat to us is clearly a lie.
If Jews sympathetic to Israel with their dual nationalities aren't in control of US foreign policy and pushing everyone to do their bidding, and the US media isn't obfuscating the whole thing making it hard for people to understand, then we aren't actually living in Bizarro World.
Explain to me again, please, exactly what "providing material support to terrorist organizations" means? Can someone remind what "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" means?