Looks like we may get to find out:
Breaking: POTUS asking Congress for authority to arm & train moderate Syrian rebels to fight #ISIS – sources tell @DanaBashCNN
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 10, 2014
More from CNN:
The President has already asked Congress for the authority to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels to fight ISIS, administration and congressional sources told CNN. Obama is seeking the authority under Title 10 of U.S. Code, which deals with military powers. His request was sent soon after he met with Congressional leadership Tuesday night.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Congress to support the request.
“It is clear to me that we need to train and equip Syrian rebels and other groups in the Middle East that need some help,” Reid said Wednesday. “It is called Title 10 authority. The President has tried to get that from us and we should give it to him. That is one way of helping to build an international coalition. Congress should do that.”
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/509728840349151232
But they’re “moderate”:
Obama wants us to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels. How do we determine who is "moderate?"
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) September 10, 2014
So is there like a test they take to decide if they're "moderate"? https://t.co/23zSdMB7Sv
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) September 10, 2014
Hows about before we hand over hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons to "moderate" Syrian rebels we define what "moderate" means.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 10, 2014
Eh, what could go wrong?
yeah that always works out RT @cnnbrk: Obama has asked Congress for authority to arm moderate Syrian rebels to fight ISIS
— Punished Sweeps (@SweepsMcCool) September 10, 2014
"Arm. Moderate. Syrian. Rebels." Yeah. Because that's worked before. #ISIS
— Pablo Guzmán (@yoruba69) September 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/509727768410869760
"Guys, guys, these moderate Syrian rebels are nothing like the other moderate Syrian rebels or the moderate Libyan rebels." – Obama
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/sqwerin/status/509727216343588864
https://twitter.com/CurtisKalin/status/509728213522972673
https://twitter.com/sqwerin/status/509728376307740673
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/509728041732698112
See, there's a difference between bombing terrorists and arming Kurds vs arming "moderate" Syrian "rebels". Not sure I support latter.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) September 10, 2014
Obama does not realize that moderate rebels are only moderate until they are in charge. There are zero moderate religious rebels- ever.
— studentoflife (@studentoflife) September 10, 2014
@cnnbrk Who does he think we are? Moderate rebels? Holy shit.
— Michael Gray (@TraderBob16) September 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/JR_Delage/status/509727310925156352
https://twitter.com/ZDMead/status/509729520287756290
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/509727644233920512
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/509728524203085824
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/509729682166525953
Does anyone in power in Washington have a clue about how to deal with ISIS that doesn't involve another clusterfark? Just asking.
— olliander (@ollieblog) September 10, 2014
We’re in the most capable of hands.
Confidence level: negative
— olliander (@ollieblog) September 10, 2014