Over last weekend, it was revealed that the second class of US-trained New Syrian Forces rebels (NSF) had crossed into Syria, between 70 and 75 by various reports. By Tuesday, it was being reported by al-Qaeda that the NSF class had given them all their US-made weapons and vehicles. The Pentagon loudly denied this, and claimed al-Qaeda made the whole thing up with “repurposed” photos.
Despite the Pentagon insisting all the NSF forces and their gear was “accounted for,” today they conceded that the initial reports were true after all, and that the NSF commander had indeed turned over a significant portion of their gear to al-Qaeda upon entering Syria.
Centcom spokesman Col. Patrick Ryder said the report was “very concerning” and said that the NSF commander was violating the rules of the NSF program by giving his weaponry to al-Qaeda, saying the Central Command is still looking for an “appropriate response.”
The admission is another blow to the NSF scheme, after admissions from Centcom commander Gen. Lloyd Austin last week that the 54-man first class was down to “four or five” people left. The first class was quickly routed by al-Qaeda, and the remnant leadership issued a statement praising al-Qaeda to try to get some of their captives back.
The NSF seems to be on the verge of collapse at this point, with the commander in charge of the program resigning recently and saying the program was irrevocably flawed.
A game of layers. The ten dozenth time you manage to launder aid to 'The Enemy' oughta make treason obvious enough, so you fight tooth-&-nail & drag-your-feet pretending that's not what happened this time. If their were normal people calling the shots they'd give up on USg foreign-aid/supply entirely while investigating the traitors.
And yet, the mewling press continue to take what the Pentagon says at face value. Used to be there were intelligent reasoning insightful people employed by the press.
Who were those? Kinda remember last name-dropping I solicited from you turned out to be folks I'd never have caught onto otherwise…
This time in 2017 the tenth batch will be inserted into Syria, give their weapons to ISIS or al Nusra, and the Pentagon will insist the programme is succeeding. Again.
Flawed concept – You Bet – trying to con Muslims into killing other Muslims for the gain of the USA and Israel. They are not that stupid – we are/they aren't.
Why would the U.S. admit this failure and waste of million$? Wake up folks–you been had again.
When things don't appear to make sense, perhaps they do make sense, but just in some other way?
US government is "taking care of business" (for the MIC)