You need a program to keep up with the friend or foe de jour.
5.56mm
This group needs some Stingers to show Putin that there will be a high price for his aggression.
While I’m all for the Russian bombing the hell out of ISIS and its allies, and Al Qaeda and its allies, there are some groups that are fighting Assad who are not with the extremists.
While 50 guys won’t win the war, if they did cut the strategic supply lines of ISIS between Iraq and Syria, it would be an important victory.
We aren’t going to do it. The Russians aren’t going to do it. Assad isn’t going to do it.
That leaves ISIS/Al Qaeda still standing so if an Allied backed group is willing to do it, let’s help them. Otherwise, we are just standing still, treading water, and possibly losing more American military personnel in a NO-WIN operation.
I don’t trust Putin, or Assad, or Obama/Kerry. That doesn’t leave us with many other options except withdrawal and surrender by default.