[grania]

This is insanity, courtest of US foreign policy. Assad staying in power is the only thing that's keeping ISIS from having a corridor to the Med.

No civilized nation will be safe if that occurs.

[Will88]

Obama definitely has the reverse Midas touch.

[mac_truck]

United States spent years training and arming the Iraqis only to see them cut and run at the first sign of trouble from an extremist Sunni militia.

Why would anyone expect a different outcome in Syria?

[blueunicorn6]

Why did Hillary and Obama use American taxpayer provided funds, equipment, personnel and facilities to overthrow the government of LIBYA? Where is the outrage from all those liberal professors on that?

[Darth Reardon]

“Some, more hard-line Syrian fighters are bending to the winds and joining the radicals.

The Obama administration is seeking $500 million to train and arm what it calls “moderate” factions among the rebels”

Yes, let’s train them and arm them before they switch sides. Brilliant.