U.S. Program To Train Syrian Rebels Losing Ground (Because Of Quitters, Divided Loyalties, Ect.)
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2015 · People & Blogs
The U.S. plan to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels to fight against ISIS is falling short. Fewer than 100 have been trained, a senior U.S. military official tells CNN. Would you like to know more? US trains dozens of Syrians in new push against ISIS (alarabiya, Apr 1, 2016) http://bit.ly/1Sti3qr Officials: CIA-backed Syrian rebels under Russian blitz (wapo, Oct 10, 2015) http://wapo.st/1Lym6Ov U.S. military proposes arming anti-ISIS Syrian rebels (CNN, Sep 22, 2015) http://cnn.it/1R0l175 Syrian monitor: 75 U.S.-trained Syrian rebels enter Syria from Turkey (reuters, Sep 20, 2015) http://reut.rs/1V2Q8PJ General Austin: Only ‘4 or 5’ US-Trained Syrian Rebels Fighting ISIS (abcnews, Sep 16, 2015) http://abcn.ws/1KqbjJX U.S. Trains "ONLY TENS" Of Syrian Rebels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2Vi8akbeg US program to train Syrian rebels losing ground (washingtontimes, June 29, 2015) http://bit.ly/1LHgtm9 "WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military’s program to train and equip thousands of moderate Syrian rebels is faltering, with fewer than 100 volunteers, raising questions about whether the effort can produce enough capable fighters quickly enough to make a difference in the war against the Islamic State. The stated U.S. goal is to train and equip 5,400 rebels per year, and military officials said last week that they still hope for 3,000 by year’s end. Privately, they acknowledge the trend is moving in the wrong direction. On June 26, 2014, the White House said it was asking Congress for $500 million for a three-year train-and-equip program. The training, however, only got started in May after months of recruiting and vetting of volunteers. That program, together with a more advanced but also troubled parallel effort to rebuild the Iraqi army, is central to the U.S.-led effort to create ground forces capable of fighting IS without involving U.S. ground combat troops....." Most Arab states share Isis’s ideology. They’re trying to have it both ways (guardian, Oct 28, 2014) http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/28/arab-states-share-isis-ideology-islam Bashar Al-Assad's Syria https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8A05E16160D82D7E ISLAMIC STATE Is An Islamic State https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpIHPQmTrX-Ljf9MI_UR-NwmEWq4pwvm6
