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U.S. to train 5,000 Syrian rebels to fight militants
Wahington Times ^
| Saturday, September 13, 2014
| Maggie Ybarra
Posted on 09/13/2014 7:37:26 AM PDT by GonzoII
Edited on 09/13/2014 8:02:59 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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The Pentagon has announced that it expects to train 5,000 Syrian rebels per year as part of President Obama's new campaign to battle Islamic State militants.
Details of the administration's $500 million plan to train and equip Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State began to surface Friday when Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby outlined the goals that U.S. military planners expected to achieve.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; nonaggressionpact; obama; obamaarmsterrorists; obamaisis; obamanewisisstrategy; obamatrainsjihadists; syria
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:37:27 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
train and "equip"......
ISIS in Iraq is using USA "equipment".
This ain't gonna turn out well.
To: GonzoII
Well, we trained a whole Iraqi army, half of which ran away or defected to ISIS with their equipment.
Now training 5,000 Sunni a year is supposed to bring significant changes and a tolerant government respective of
the rights of minorities in Syria??
What have they been smoking in Washington?
To: GonzoII
Train Terrorists very good idea ,green on blue
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:40:23 AM PDT
by
molson209
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To: GonzoII
Surrrrrre they will. Why they’ll stop fighting the Syrian government and just wheel around and turn on their fellow rebels.
Obamas summer 2013 plan to help the rebels is happening now. Same exact crap, but its called “attacking ISIS”. Just watch, by the time Obama is done, here’s what happens. The rebels use the aid to fight Assad and take over. Then ISIS takes over in the chaos after the fall of Assad.
Isis will have a nation state, on the border with Israel.
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:42:50 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: CondorFlight
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:43:21 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
To: CondorFlight
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:44:26 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: GonzoII
What could possibly go wrong.....?
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:46:11 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
To: GonzoII
This is totally insane. The Congress needs to refuse to fund it.
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:48:02 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: GonzoII
It’ll take a year................Too funny
To: molson209
did you miss the - SARC tag?
Let’s see- Train current fighters whose STATED
IDEA is to get rid of ASAAD because?.. he’s a moderate?
and has not attacked Israel- they have been executing
CHRISTIANS- looting whomever they please-
GEE sounds just LIKE...- ISIS!!
Again- the MUSLIM in the Oval office- hates America
AND ALL of America’s Allies- NOW he get’s a free wad of
money to arm our enemies- THIS CONGRESS AND Administration
is pure evil
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:52:33 AM PDT
by
mj1234
To: GonzoII
Brilliant. How man card-carrying ISIS murderers will skip merrily on over to the first day of "class," like thirsty little minds to the fountain of knowledge?
Nevermind all the "moderate" but not explicitely ISIS people who will be trained and then turn on us.
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:52:39 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
To: GonzoII
Maybe isolationism isn't so bad? How bout we bring our troops home and protect our borders, reinvigorate our economy with savings and to hell with everyone else. Just a thought, not gonna happen.
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:53:01 AM PDT
by
VaRepublican
(I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
To: GonzoII
What we’re going to do, is hand Syria over to ISIS.
Israel is gonna love the new neighbors.
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:56:56 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: GonzoII
“Afghan rebels” in 1980 gave us OBL and Al Qaida.
“Egyptian rebels” in 2011 gave us the Muslime Brotherhood.
“Syrian rebels” in 2013 gave us ISIS.
What was that definition of insanity?
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:58:24 AM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: CondorFlight
Well we trained a whole Iraqi army, half of which ran away or defected to ISIS with their equipment.Obama's idea of "no boots on the ground" does seem to mean arming, training, and financing armies of mercenaries. They're mostly not going to die if they don't have to for someone else's agenda. They'll take the money and arms and leave. They won't give up power and weapons easily (if ISIS hasn't already confiscated them) when the fighting's over and the US decides who the next leader will be.
Except for the globalist agenda, there's no sane reason to not be supporting Assad.
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posted on
09/13/2014 7:59:18 AM PDT
by
grania
To: GonzoII
... As Albert Einstein once said ....
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."..... Amazingly enough ... the Obama Administration has already done this exact same thing less than a year ago giving an exponentially huge rise to the ranks and power of ISIS/ISIL .... How is this supposed to end any differently?
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posted on
09/13/2014 8:01:13 AM PDT
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: GonzoII
I guess they didn’t get the memo that these groups have signed a non-agression pact.
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posted on
09/13/2014 8:03:54 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
To: grania
Except for the globalist agenda, there's no sane reason to not be supporting Assad.
We don't even need to "support" him. All we need to do is share basic intell back and forth as a means of destroying a common enemy. Unfortunately Obama seems to be on the side of ISIS.
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posted on
09/13/2014 8:11:45 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: GonzoII
The Pentagon has announced that it expects to train 5,000 Syrian rebels per year as part of President Obama's new campaign to battle Islamic State militants. A stupid and evil plan. America will respond to ISIS in Iraq by training and supplying ISIS in Syria.
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posted on
09/13/2014 8:22:52 AM PDT
by
Ethan Clive Osgoode
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