I'm sure no man or woman in uniform thinks it's a good idea to provoke military confrontation with the Russians over 80 terrorists that were trained and supplied by the US.
If we have anybody on the ground there, we need to pull them out asap. Otherwise they will be "Benghazi'd".
The pantswetters who were running around screaming about the imminent start of WW III with Russia in the 1980’s are strangely silent.
Well, boys, that horse is already out of the barn.
The Russians are in Syria and they didn’t attack our planes or troops.
You go attacking them now, and who looks like the bad guy?
Our brilliant politicians and admirals and generals need to speed up their OODA Loop.
Putin is making them look stupid.
"In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter."
...He said: "It turns out that only 60 of these fighters have been properly trained, and as few as four or five people actually carry weapons. "The rest of them have deserted with the American weapons to join ISIS."
Are we really risking a hot war with Russia, to protect Al Quaeda?
The world is upside down.
“...whether the U.S. should use military force to protect U.S.-trained and equipped Syrian rebels if they come under fire by the Russians....”
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What, ALL FIVE of them?
LOL
“Guess how many Syrian rebels we’ve trained to fight ISIS with YOUR $500 million?”
What will Obama do when the U.S.-trained and equipped Syrian rebels come under attack from Iranian and maybe Chinese troops?
They are terrified that the supposed “Free Syrian Army” will release the details of the covert Sarin Gas/False Flag (Obama’s Red Line) attack from three years ago.
The Sarin came from Libya via Obama rat lines. Former Syrian Generals turned rebel have threatened to reveal the truth on Arab television, if we failed to continue supplying weapons. McCain and Graham shaking in their boots demanding that “WE” do something. No thanks.
‘At U.N. headquarters in New York, Secretary of State John Kerry said: “What is important is Russia has to not be engaged in any activities against anybody but ISIL. That’s clear. We have made that very clear.”’
They just did, in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan. You can’t do a damn thing about it either, in a fashion reminiscent of Little Miss Muffet. Yours and McCain’s little pet terrorists are going to die. Can you say, ‘DIE’? Just to make things very clear, in a fashion reminiscent of Mr. Rogers.
As a reminder, these are the guys who last week defected to ISIS:
Pentagon Admits: U.S. Gear in Qaeda’s Hands (9/25)
“The generals swore that all of their weapons to fight ISIS were in the hands of their Syrian allies. Then, abruptly, the brass changed its tune.
The U.S. military’s Central Command admitted Friday that a Syrian fighter trained by U.S. forces handed over six vehicles and ammunition to an al Qaeda intermediary, “purportedly in exchange for safe passage within [his] operating area.”
It marks one of the first times the U.S. has admitted that its equipment had fallen into the jihadist group’s hands.
The generals swore that all of their weapons to fight ISIS were in the hands of their Syrian allies. Then, abruptly, the brass changed its tune.
As recently as Wednesday, officials had said they were aware of where“100 percent” of the weapons were. As it turned out, a commander trained to fighters had already handed over the equipment to Jahbat al Nusra, an al Qaeda affiliate operating in parts of western Syria.
The missing equipment accounted for 25 percent of what was provided to a class of 71 U.S. trained fighters, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
The announcement was the latest embarrassment for the already embattled train and equip program, which once aimed to train 5,400 fighters a year to confront the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Instead, last week CENTCOM commander Army Gen. Lloyd Austin admitted that only trained “four or five” fighters were in Syria, out of an initial class of 54 trainees.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/25/pentagon-admits-u-s-gear-in-qaeda-s-hands.html
The “rebels” bombed the US Pentagon
which now pleads to protect them.
Who will protect the American People?
Not the Pentagon. Not the White Mosque.
Not the submissive, complicit, lying GOP.
“Officials: Pentagon weighs protections for US-trained rebels”
Both of them?
“U.S. trained rebels” means we’ll be fighting them next, as usual. Might as well let the Russians take them out now.
**In this case they are using the amorphous term “Pentagon” to describe the political appointees of Obama there.**
We are neck deep in the Twilight Zone. We’ve got people in the Pentagon more interested in wanting to dress up like Barbie. All the good ones have been weeded out long ago.
Can you imagine how many people Patton would be slapping now? He’ll he’d probably be shooting them with his sidearm by now.