Courtesy of Mish.
Russian interference in Syria has had one positive aspect already: US Scraps Scheme to Create Syrian Rebel Force.
The US is halting a controversial $500m programme to create a rebel force in Syria after concluding that it was having practically no impact in the battle against Isis fighters in the war-torn country.
Instead of trying to build up a new force of fighters — training them outside Syria and then sending them back in equipped — the Pentagon will now focus on arming and training a smaller number of leaders of Arab and Kurdish groups in Syria that have had some success fighting the Islamist militant group Isis.
Since arming Syrian al Qaeda “rebel” terrorists was always a bad idea, I would call this bit of news a distinct positive.
Hillary Flashbacks
Last Year the Guardian reported Hillary Clinton Wanted to Arm Syrian Rebels, Memoir Reveals.
On February 1, 2015, the Washington Times reported Secret Benghazi Report Reveals Hillary’s Libya War Push Armed al Qaeda-Tied Terrorists.
On July 1, in the Washington Times article Hillary’s Secret War Judge Andrew Napolitano listed his conclusion after reviewing documents and emails from a period in which Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.
Napolitano stated “What I saw has persuaded me beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty that Mrs. Clinton provided material assistance to terrorists and lied to Congress in a venue where the law required her to be truthful.“
Succession of Bad Ideas
Recall that one of the reasons president Bush gave for invading Iraq was that Hussein was harboring al Qaeda. In reality, al Qaeda did not exist in Iraq to any degree until the US invaded and put in a dangerously unstable government. ISIS was the direct result.
In the wake of the Iraq mess, the US armed alleged “moderate rebels” in three places. It backfired in Libya, Iraq, and Syria.
Arming al Qaeda is absurd….
