Posted on 04/15/2016 4:22:10 AM PDT by all the best
Washington has jumped at the opportunity to provide massive amounts of weapons to Syria's so-called moderate rebels amid the ongoing ceasefire; it seems that the White House is not bothered by the fact that half of its arms have found their way into the hands of al-Qaeda, Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams note.
Rebel fighters from the First Battalion under the Free Syrian Army take part in a military training on June 10, 2015, in the rebel-held countryside of the northern city of Aleppo
The Syrian ceasefire is hanging in the balance, former Republican congressman Ron Paul and political analyst Daniel McAdams note in their Liberty Report; however, Washington continues to push ahead with its military program aimed at training and arming the so-called Syrian rebels.
To complicate matters further, there is enough evidence that the moderates have repeatedly teamed up with al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front on the ground, calling it a "marriage of necessity."
Even State Department spokesman Mark Toner has recognized that "there is some co-mingling" of al-Qaeda militants and the US-backed Syrian rebels.
Commenting on the issue, Daniel McAdams, the Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, referred to the Wall Street Journal article that shed some light on Washington's plans to send various types of anti-aircraft weapons to Syrian rebels.
"Throughout this ceasefire the US is taking the opportunity to provide a lot of arms to the so-called moderates — three thousand tons by one estimate. But the logic is insane: [these arms] only will be available if the ceasefire fails. That is like telling a kid: 'You only get a cookie if you don't eat your broccoli'," McAdams noted.
But what looks even more suspicious is that the CIA has been supplying advanced anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems to the Syrian rebels.
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We keep building ISIS up. It’s ridiculous and an outrage.
TREASON - continuous, in-your-face, agenda-driven, agency-abetted, representative-enabled, media-complicit, ongoing…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y
I doubt that. Obama is probably furious if only half of the arms are reaching his favored terrorists.
Treasonous.
CIA Director Brennan should be arrested.
TOWs can blow up lots of stuff real good.
Thank God for Putin bringing some sanity to that region...
We’ve had a Muslim takeover at the highest levels of government. That explains most of these actions.
During the Reagan Administration, this sort of thing was done very covertly, and the Democrats condemned it and tried to destroy Reagan for it. Today the Democrats do this openly and boldly and still lie about it. This is the US’s proxy war not only against Assad, but against Russia. Obama and the Democrats continue to make Bush look like a boy scout.
Did ANYONE really believe Obama’s handlers would reverse course and try to destroy the Daesh they created??
What must it be costing us to keep paying off the Iraqis to look the other way as we entrench into bases on their soil
Washington has jumped at the opportunity to provide massive amounts of weapons......and I stopped reading right there, because it's total BS to that point.
Getting rid of Saddam worked so well.
LOL! Post of the day.
But I wish it were only a joke, instead of being true.
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