Though there hasn’t been an official announcement from the US on the deployment yet, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that some 75 more US-trained rebels entered Syria Friday by way of the Turkish border and are somewhere near Aleppo.
This is the second round of rebels from the Pentagon scheme to create a “pro-US” faction on the ground in Syria. Back in July, the first class of rebels was sent. There were 54 of them to start, and last week officials confirmed there were “four or five” left.
While the deployment was sooner than expected, the number is also fewer than was expected, as only last week Centcom was telling Congress that the next “class” of rebels would be 100-125 strong. Throughout this endeavor, however, the numbers have gotten worse and worse.
Exactly what the new rebels are doing is unclear, but last week officials revealed that the plan is to stop having the tiny, ineffectual force fighting ISIS directly, and instead aims to have them “embed” with other factions to provide targeting information for US airstrikes.
Do these poor souls know what they're getting themselves into? I don't get it. Why would they sign up for this?
Poor souls or not they volunteer and are paid supplied and at times.sheltered by US. Beats the minimum wage and living conditions of ALQ, the Kurd Groups, And those fanatics in black ISIL.
The idea to shift them into small groups each joining other nut cases US favors is a good one.
Do not knpw today but years ago that is what Navy and Marines did with their UDT before they ended up keeping the new system above Seals and Delta.
Train groups of men, let them oprate as units and then in a couple years you had a new class to operate ad a group and these above the norm old timers rotated bsck to lie units.
Makes the regular line units much more effecient and in the days when rank was hard to comebyin regular units those ex operatives became the NCO cadres
What isbthe different fighting for a.US controlled Syria and anSyria that is np longer in control of its own destiny.
Moneys better on US side and you live longer.
Just do not go to weddings, school graduations and partys large family weekend BBQ.
But if you were not invited make sure to trll your US handlers, you get brownie points and pay bonus.