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Obama: ‘I’ve Been Skeptical From the Get-Go’ About Training the Syrian Opposition
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 12, 2015 | 8:04 AM EDT | Susan Jones

Posted on 10/12/2015 8:29:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai

President Obama now says he never believed in the $500-million program to train and equip the moderate Syrian opposition.

The administration last week halted the failed program, which ended up “training” fewer than 100 Syrians, all but four or five of whom deserted or died after the Americans tried to turn them into anti-ISIS fighters.

“Steve, this is why I’ve been skeptical from the get-go about the notion that we were going to effectively create this proxy army inside Syria,” Obama told CBS’ Steve Kroft during an interview for “60 Minutes.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; assad; daesh; excuses; fsa; isil; isis; moderates; obama; obama60mininterview; obamainterview; obamaisis; obamalies; obamasyria; putin; redlines; rop; russiasyria; softball; stevekroft; syriarebels; syriawar
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To: Olog-hai

Liar in Cheif

http://www.dw.com/en/white-house-pressures-congress-to-arm-syrian-rebel-groups/a-17913500

White House pressures Congress to arm Syrian rebel groups


21 posted on 10/12/2015 8:40:18 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Olog-hai

Typical narcissistic POS. Throws everyone under the bus whenever it suits him. An enemy of the US and the US military through and through. Only vultures of a feather could possibly support him, and there are too many of them. Traitors all.


22 posted on 10/12/2015 8:40:55 AM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Olog-hai

Obama is such a din du nuffin.


23 posted on 10/12/2015 8:41:57 AM PDT by abclily
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To: Olog-hai
Let's get the facts straight here....Obama armed the ‘rebels’ in Egypt and, after they overthrew Mubarak, he installed his Muslim Brotherhood buddies. He then armed the ‘rebels’ in Libya and, after Qaddafi was ‘raped’ and murdered, he was trying to stockpile those weapons to send to the Syrians. His 'glorious Arab Spring' was coming true! But that is why we have 4 murdered Americans in Libya....the Libyan 'rebels' wanted the weapons that had been collected. This guy has enjoyed the cover of Big Media for years. WHEN WILL ALL THE TRUTH COME OUT? His NSA spying must have uncovered a lot of dirt on those in Big Media.
24 posted on 10/12/2015 8:43:24 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: DannyTN
He was against it but spent at least $500 million on it and as of yesterday was still delivering arms to them.

Obama is the bitter spouse that knows he's about to be divorced, so to get revenge, he's pissing away all the assets and running up the credit card bills. It's going to be a long 15 months or so until he's out...hopefully, we'll get a Speaker who's interested in oversight.

25 posted on 10/12/2015 8:44:22 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: red-dawg

Yup. Another response to the Putin/Syria issue. Lyin’ king more concerned with glow-bull discombobulation.


26 posted on 10/12/2015 8:44:30 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Olog-hai

I actually almost dripped my phone reading that headline because it was so blanking unbelievable how slimy this guy is!


27 posted on 10/12/2015 8:45:12 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: rarestia

Worst architect of any nation’s foreign policy, in all of history, ever.


28 posted on 10/12/2015 8:45:49 AM PDT by henkster (Liberals forget Dickens' kids forged an Empire on which the sun never set.)
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To: headstamp 2


29 posted on 10/12/2015 8:47:19 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: originalbuckeye

The media have been compliant with the left’s agenda for decades. What need is there to find “dirt” on them?


30 posted on 10/12/2015 8:47:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

You lie!!


31 posted on 10/12/2015 8:48:18 AM PDT by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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To: Olog-hai

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/17/house-approves-obama-plan-arm-syrian-rebels


32 posted on 10/12/2015 8:52:54 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Olog-hai

Oh well.. another half a billion down the drain


33 posted on 10/12/2015 8:52:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: Olog-hai

He sounds like Colonel Klink reporting to General Burkhalter.


34 posted on 10/12/2015 8:53:06 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: henkster

I’m not sure you could credit him with doing anything even remotely close to being considered “architecture.” He’s an abject failure.


35 posted on 10/12/2015 8:53:45 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Olog-hai

I didn’t think we should go to Little Big Horn.
-George Armstrong Custer


36 posted on 10/12/2015 8:54:56 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Olog-hai

So Dinglebarry went ahead and spent $500 million on it anyway? Wonder where the money really went? That will explain that he in fact had no interest in it working and every financial reason for it not to.


37 posted on 10/12/2015 8:55:28 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Mr. K

I wonder how much of that money went to “overhead”.


38 posted on 10/12/2015 8:56:57 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, you ain’t gotta worry about it anymore, Bar.

Putin is vaporizing them, and there’s nothing you can do about it.


39 posted on 10/12/2015 8:57:10 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Olog-hai

This is the kind of behavior you could expect from a ten year old.


40 posted on 10/12/2015 8:58:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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