The Obama administration’s plan to train and equip several thousand rebels per year to fight ISIS in Syria has collapsed. After about $200 million has been spent, only about “four or five” US-backed rebels are fighting ISIS in Syria.
Despite news that only 4-5 Syrian rebels trained to fight ISIS, President Obama still has confidence in General Austin, Earnest said.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 17, 2015
"I don’t think anybody is” satisfied with just 4 or 5 Syrian fighters against ISIS, @PressSec says
— Rebecca Nelson (@rebeccarnelson) September 17, 2015
Josh Earnest praises Gen. Austin for being candid about massive failure of Syrian training program
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 17, 2015
But the president wasn’t confident in that approach anyway, or something:
Josh Earnest says POTUS has long been skeptical of train and equip effort to take on ISIS.
Huh.— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) September 17, 2015
Earnest draws distinction between support for rebels inside Syria from the training effort that has yielded "4 or 5" fighters.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) September 17, 2015
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Well how comforting.
Skeptical of his own strategy. Why not just hand the keys to Biden now? @StevenTDennis @margbrennan https://t.co/LHqIEWLRPN
— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) September 17, 2015
@StevenTDennis skeptical of his own policies?…WTLF
— Pete "A source familiar with his thinking" (@petemsgt1787) September 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/644559701049503745
So even Obama is skeptical of Obama’s policies now? Perfect.