http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54118
No, arming your enemy is about as incompetent as you can get.
“Can our State Department be any more incompetent?”
I agree with the general drift of your question but I think it’s not an issue of incompetence but a matter of a craven pro-Saudi policy, which for years has been the driving force behind State’s coddling of terrorists and their water-carrying for the idiotic, blood-drenched project called “Palestine”.
I forget who said it but there’s a quote out there to the effect that politically weak presidents are apt to push a small ally around to try and score some political points. The State Dept. has always been there to help: see: Jimmy Carter, see Bill Clinton (not necessarily political weakness, but desperately seeking “legacy”)
Abu's probably the 1st one to beg for sanctuary.....