glomper_stomper posted:

ilmdge posted:

$500m that was earmarked to train 3000 moderate rebels in 2015 and 5400/year. in reality they trained 54 rebels and every single one went missing, quit, or died within 2 months

didn't they pull this shit about 5 different times in the past 4 years or did they just drum up reports about the same training mission, that presumably happened the first time, whenever they needed to run cover in the mass media for white-wine takfiri enthusiasts and think-tankers?

yes. it's a very chill and good cool way to turn the narrative into Hapless Government Inefficiency & Waste instead of We're Arming and Training Thousands of ISIS and Al Qaeda fighters