Obamas Ex-Pentagon chief Gates says Syrian program was 'nuts'

"President Obama's first Defense secretary, Robert Gates, called the administration's plan to train and equip Syrian rebels "nuts" in a recent news interview.

"I think the idea of training somebody from the outside and sending them in is nuts, it's just not going to work," Gates said in an interview with the Fox News Channel's "Special Report," according to Agence France-Press.

The $500 million a year program envisioned recruiting and training 5,400 Syrian rebels outside of Syria within the first year and sending them back into fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), leading eventually to a force of 15,000 over three years.
Last week, however, President Obama suspended the program after it produced only about 80 rebels in five months.

The first group of 54 disbanded after coming under attack from al Qaeda affiliate the Nusra Front, and some of the next group of 71 turned over their U.S.-provided equipment to the terrorist group in return for safe passage."

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/257153-obamas-former-pentagon-chief-says-syrian-program-was-nuts

Gates quit, the Syrian Ambassador quit.....fun and games

One more red cent spent on that shit hole for political cover should be condemned by everyone... even useful idiots.

http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/06/us-defense-spending-war-isis

Putin followed this with a clear message to Washington and NATO governments on the subject of national sovereignty, something anathema to many who embrace the Nirvana supposed to come from globalization, homogenization of all to one level: “What is the meaning of state sovereignty, the term which has been mentioned by our colleagues here?” Putin rhetorically asked. “It basically means freedom, every person and every state being free to choose their future. By the way, this brings us to the issue of the so-called legitimacy of state authorities. You shouldn’t play with words and manipulate them. In international law, international affairs, every term has to be clearly defined, transparent and interpreted the same way by one and all.”

Putin added, “We are all different, and we should respect that. Nations shouldn’t be forced to all conform to the same development model that somebody has declared the only appropriate one. We should all remember the lessons of the past. For example, we remember examples from our Soviet past, when the Soviet Union exported social experiments, pushing for changes in other countries for ideological reasons, and this often led to tragic consequences and caused degradation instead of progress. “