Posted on 10/10/2015 7:50:24 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
CIA-trained Syrian rebels, who had started to make serious gains on President Bashar Assad’s forces, are now under Russian bombardment with little prospect of rescue by their American patrons, U.S. officials say.
Officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, say Russia has directed parts of its airstrikes against U.S.-backed groups and other moderate opposition in an effort to weaken them. The White House has few options to defend those it had secretly armed and trained.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, told the Associated Press the Russians “know their targets, and they have a sophisticated capacity to understand the battlefield situation. They are bombing in locations that are not connected to the Islamic State group.”
The CIA began its covert operation in 2013 to arm, fund an train a moderate opposition to Assad. Over that time, the CIA had trained an estimated 10,000 rebel righters. The effort was separate to the militants that were trained to fight ISIS exclusively. That program was widely considered a failure, and on Friday, the Defense Department announced it was abandoning the goal of a U.S.-trained Syrian force, instead opting to equip established groups to fight the Islamic State.
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The propagandists and their amplifiers are at it again.
is there any doubt now Obama has been supporting ISIS all the way?
This is just another press release from the Muslim in the White House
“CIA-backed Syrian rebels were making gains before Russian intervention, officials say”
All five of them.
Their economy is in the tank
Not because of the Sanctions Obama its because the Price of Oil
See Reagan , a real Pope , Maggie Thacher and the Saudis that really crashed their economy.
Haha! I was going to post exactly that.
That's why it's always important to read downthread before posting.
LET THE SPIN BEGIN.....
And that is why Obummer purged the military officers during his presidency because they probably were against his ISIS creation-proxy army.
So Putin has interrupted Obama’s flow of arms to the terrorists and slowed the drive to establish the Greater Caliphate. Obama is going to have to send some more soothing help to his Muslim Brotherhood handlers.
Oh gee, no mention of 9/11/2012 in Benghazi being related to Syria?!
Duh.
“CIA-trained Syrian rebels, who had started to make serious gains on President Bashar Assad’s force...”
What, all 5 of them?
Imagine the gains they could have made without one hand tied up carrying a Christians head.
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