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That's a very good point. Apart from treason, it is also in general illegal to provide material support to a terrorist group. It would seem that supplying arms and ammunition would fit the definition of 18 USC 2339B : "(a) Prohibited Activities.—

(1) Unlawful conduct.— Whoever knowingly provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both, and, if the death of any person results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. To violate this paragraph, a person must have knowledge that the organization is a designated terrorist organization (as defined in subsection (g)(6)), that the organization has engaged or engages in terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), or that the organization has engaged or engages in terrorism (as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989).

And needless to say this same law should apply to everyone involved, but it doesn't:

"(j) Exception.— No person may be prosecuted under this section in connection with the term “personnel”, “training”, or “expert advice or assistance” if the provision of that material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization was approved by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Attorney General. The Secretary of State may not approve the provision of any material support that may be used to carry out terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)."

So apparently if Secretary Kerry says its OK, then you can provide expert training and support. But the guys you train and arm can't be given any material support "that may be used to carry out terrorist activity." No doubt the Islamic foreign fighters in Syria will carefully follow that rule.

That's a very good point. Apart from treason, it is also in general illegal to provide material support to a terrorist group.

Thanks. I just know it's TREASON at worst, a violation of our Constitution. Your entire post specifically 18 USC 2339B and Prohibited Activities it covers which I'm in no way smart enough to know about, or have had the faculties to have gone and looked up needs to be SCREAMED from the mountaintops.

I would LOVE for Rush Limbaugh to pick up on your and my posts on this thread and ask the question on air: Why aren't Republican's drafting up Articles of Impeachment over this?

It's bad enough this sack of shit Obama is about to drag us into yet another war that we don't belong in, the fact that he's enabling al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda sponsored, trained terrorists damn' well is TREASON and an affront to all Liberty Loving American's.

Just my .02, and again -- thanks for your great post.