'5 more' in the unemployment line: Obama admin's effort to arm & train Syrian rebels reportedly scrapped

Oct 09, 2015 11:40 AM
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'5 more' in the unemployment line: Obama admin's effort to arm & train Syrian rebels reportedly scrapped

Part of President Obama’s plan to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS was to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to train and equip rebels in Syria to fight terrorist in that country. That initiative ended up being an admitted failure and was previously put on “pause” by the Obama administration.

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That failed program has now reportedly come to a complete stop:

In other words, an ingredient in Obama’s effort to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIS soon degraded, and was ultimately destroyed.

Nine, according to optimistic estimates.

News Topics BARACK OBAMA | ISIL | ISIS | PENTAGON | SYRIA

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