Posted on 06/27/2014 5:50:11 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Congress is out in front of Obama on this.
Spring 2013 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 to arm the rebels. Subsequently the Intelligence Committee approved the plan Obama worked up.
The CIA picks single rebel groups takes them to Turkey where the vetting takes place, then trains them in Qatar, then gives them the weapons. But only anti-tank weapons, no anti-aircraft weapons.
So the Syrian rebels and some members of congress are complaining that they need anti-aircraft weapons and the pace of the vetting and training need to pick up. The man complaining the loudest is McCain.
Obama wants congress to stick their neck out.
If you have the time to spare, PBS Frontline website has 20 min video entitled "Arming the Syrian Rebels" that aired 3 weeks ago.
If we are talking of military aircraft it’s layout is similar to 1939 Il-2 Shturmovik aka cement bomber or black death by the Germans.
Totally outdated by the Korean War.
Right now this layout is typical to many agricultural planes and this one must be a variant.
It doesn’t belong to a modern battlefield.
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