Sorry, Syrian “freedom fighters,” no can do that bomb the shit out of Damascus for you, but we’re still with you. U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels
The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the Obama administration, according to U.S. officials and Syrian figures. The shipments began streaming into the country over the past two weeks, along with separate deliveries by the State Department of vehicles and other gear — a flow of material that marks a major escalation of the U.S. role in Syria’s civil war.
The arms shipments, which are limited to light weapons and other munitions that can be tracked, began arriving in Syria at a moment of heightened tensions over threats by President Obama to order missile strikes to punish the regime of Bashar al-Assad for his alleged use of chemical weapons in a deadly attack near Damascus last month.
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This should help all those rebels that have been leaving the US training sites in Jordan and Turkey and streaming into Syria.
Although the Obama administration signaled months ago that it would increase aid to Syrian rebels, the efforts have lagged because of the logistical challenges involved in delivering equipment in a war zone and officials’ fears that any assistance could wind up in the hands of jihadists. …
No worry that any jihadists will get their hands on these weapons as Kerry and McCain have been assured by the recently fired, not-a-Phd, Syrian “expert,” Elizabeth O’Bagy that there are almost no Islamists in the ranks of the Syrian rebels.
Wonderful. Just Wonderful.
