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US officials: US considers training Syria rebels
My Way ^ | September 6,2012 | Lolita C. Baldor

Posted on 09/06/2013 5:48:06 AM PDT by Biggirl

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is considering a plan to use U.S. military trainers to help increase the capabilities of the Syrian rebels, in a move that would greatly expand the current CIA training being done quietly in Jordan, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cia; jordan; military
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1 posted on 09/06/2013 5:48:06 AM PDT by Biggirl
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Kinda like when we trained Bin Laden.


2 posted on 09/06/2013 5:49:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Biggirl

In case anyone has forgot, US training of rebels against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is what started Al Queda.


3 posted on 09/06/2013 5:49:31 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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They already have the best terrorist trainers in the region.


4 posted on 09/06/2013 5:49:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Vietnam


5 posted on 09/06/2013 5:51:06 AM PDT by McGruff (Strange times are these in which we live..)
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6 posted on 09/06/2013 5:52:33 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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Another swell idea. And how long before they use what they learned on U.S. soldier/trainers?

Let Obama show ‘em how to play golf and throw like a girl. Those are useful skills in the modern world...


7 posted on 09/06/2013 5:53:06 AM PDT by DJ Frisat ((optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: Biggirl

George Bush got lambasted by the left and the media for declaring “war on terror”.
Of course everyone knew that at its heart it was really a war on muslim terrorists.

Now Barack Obama has the US taxpayers paying to train and arm muslim terrorists.
And he uses US military assets to help them take over country after country.

Yet the left and the media still go into a swoon over his every word.


8 posted on 09/06/2013 5:54:01 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("You bring me the man, I'll find you the crime" - Lavrentiy Beria [and Eric Holder])
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Isn’t that how our involvement in Vietnam began? We sent “advisors” is how I seem to remember what they were called.


9 posted on 09/06/2013 5:56:32 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (I love my country; I don't like its government)
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Our fearless leader is determined to help the people who are murdering Christians and Jews.

He is frantically searching for a way to help them. Sending them arms would not get the attention of the American public anywhere near as much as the projected invasion has.

The invasion is wrong. Sending arms to the jihadis is wrong.


10 posted on 09/06/2013 5:56:44 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: McGruff

Beat me to it.


11 posted on 09/06/2013 5:56:52 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (I love my country; I don't like its government)
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12 posted on 09/06/2013 5:58:12 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: cripplecreek
Kinda like when we trained Bin Laden.

BINGO!! But hey, didn't Obama and McCain say "no bootso n the ground?" How do you train Syrian Rebels al-Qaeda in Syria without putting boots on the ground?

13 posted on 09/06/2013 5:58:29 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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WTF do we care about Syria or Syrian rebels, especially when Traitor Kerry has admitted that at least 25% of them (probably much more) are Jihadists? What sane person would want to arm or train them? This is INSANITY.


14 posted on 09/06/2013 5:59:54 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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So they say they care about the death of innocent civilians and yet wish to train the rebels so that war can continue. If it wasn’t for outside interference this war would have been over a long time ago with minimal casualties but the result would not have been what Obama wants.


15 posted on 09/06/2013 6:09:03 AM PDT by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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US officials: US considers training Syria rebels

0bama's REAL OBJECTIVE is to have a well trained bunch of terrorists that will turn their attentions toward Israel when time permits.

Meanwhile, the muzzie usurper enjoys the support of American Jews.

16 posted on 09/06/2013 6:10:25 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Raghead killing raghead. Who am I to stop them?)
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I think we did this in Afstan when OBL was on our side.


17 posted on 09/06/2013 6:16:13 AM PDT by Rappini (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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Charlie Wilson


18 posted on 09/06/2013 6:18:47 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: cripplecreek

we never trained Bin Laden
That’s a myth

In fact he moved in and set up his own camps and training amidst the CIA training of the other factions- held himself aloof from the westerners

Not to say that that Bin Laden didn’t get access to weapons manuals and defectors from the cia training


19 posted on 09/06/2013 6:21:19 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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I don’t think those guys properly qualify to have the privilege of gun ownership.
Oh wait! They aren’t Christian NRA members?
Ok - go ahead - give them guns. Lots of them. Throw in some rocket launchers while we’re at it.


20 posted on 09/06/2013 6:25:50 AM PDT by Scotswife
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