Posted on 06/21/2013 11:55:09 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
WASHINGTON — CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops have been secretly training Syrian rebels with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons since late last year, months before President Obama approved plans to begin directly arming them, according to U.S. officials and rebel commanders.
The covert U.S. training at bases in Jordan and Turkey, along with Obama’s decision this month to supply arms and ammunition to the rebels, have raised hopes among the beleaguered opposition that Washington ultimately will provide heavier weapons as well. So far, the rebels say they lack the weapons they need to regain the offensive in Syria’s bitter civil war.
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That's the size of it.
“CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops have been secretly training Syrian rebels with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons”
Great country we are, while our troops are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq at the hands of Al-Qaeda, now our thug government is training Al_Qaeda operatives, so they will be better trained to kill us. You can’t make this $%it up!
The communists were very clear about their need to have the whole world turn socialist. This meant they had to destroy us. That is why we fought them in Nicaragua. Why are we fighting in Syria? Because Syria wants to rule the world?
“...And our so-called “conservative” House doesn’t give a damn either....”
It’s not that they don’t give a damn, it’s that they’re in stark fear that their PRISM data will be released to the public. Some call it blackmail, but seeing where it’s politicians, it’s “sensitive data”. Nothing quite like being prismized by the big odongo. The very thought strikes fear in the heart of every Pubbie.
We have become a rogue nation.
Al Qaeda in the White House.
Al Qaeda in the White House.
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Yes, and Al Queda on The Potomac to cover all the Obama & Muslim Brotherhood supporters in the Bureaucracy, the Congress, the Media and throughout Washington (paid lobbyists, etc.).
#1 covert action Pres in us history. By far.
Overseas and domestically.
Benghazi was a funnel for same, arms, training, support, I reckun.. just a hunch.
It’s OK if Done-While-Democrat.
Haven’t you gotten the Mainstream Media/MediaMatters Memo by now?
Why not? We armed and trained them before 9/11 too.
We are now training our enemy. This is like the Jews teaching the Nazi’s how to build fires. This what America has become. A nation run by stupid fools. A nation of idiots who simply have only their own visions of this world in their minds. They learn NOTHING from history. History says this is stupid to do. But, here we go. Both feet. Jump right in. Teach our enemy HOW TO KILL US. ARM our enemies with the weapons TO KILL US. Good grief.
< The communists were very clear about their need to have the whole world turn socialist. This meant they had to destroy us. That is why we fought them in Nicaragua. Why are we fighting in Syria? Because Syria wants to rule the world? >
No. Because radical Islam wants to rule the world and they need our help.
I’m under the impression the Syrian rebels are largely al Qaeda.
Laws mean nothing to Obastard.
YOU BETCHA!
Arming America’s enemies, arming the administration’s allies.
No, the lesson of Iran-Contra was that the existing laws worked (were sufficient). No new laws were passed. The failure was people, not the laws.
The covert arms sales to Iran violated numerous statutes that restricted the transfer of arms to nations that support international terrorism, principally the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Pub. L. No. 90-629, 89 Stat. 1320 [22 U.S.C.A. §§ 2751–2796c (1989 Supp.)]).
By failing to report the Iranian sales to Congress, the Reagan administration had ignored reporting provisions in the 1980 Intelligence Oversight Act (Pub. L. No. 96-450, tit. IV, 407(b) (1), 94 Stat. 1981 [50 U.S.C.A. § 413 (1982)]).
That law required the president to notify Congress in a timely fashion of any “significant anticipated intelligence activity, and to make a formal written “finding” (declaration) that each covert operation was important to national security.
It seems likely that the 0bama Administration “gets” the arms sales reporting statute, which is why 0bama has kept delaying sending heavy arms to the Syrian rebels today (though old M40 anti-tank cannons have made it to them), however, the law requiring the reporting of significant intelligence activity has probably been broken by 0bama’s Administration already.
Yes we are that stupid. We have lost America.
How stupid is that? When something like that happens, did they think it would be deniable because it wasn't a US missile? We have taken air travel to ridiculous extremes so no one can carry something on a plane, and now we give them the means to shoot one down. And train them to do it!
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