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0 pointsbpodgursky6y ago0 comments

The US support of Syrian "moderate" rebels was stupid, shortsighted, and pretended that the world was a different place.

And I will infinitely fault the Obama administration for providing technology which immediately fell into jihadist hands, which any reasonable analyst would have told them would happen.

But it's not accurate to say the US 'supplied' equipment to ISIS. ISIS stole it.

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will42746y ago

If it was what "any reasonable analyst would have told them would happen," why isn't it reasonable to assume that was the intention? Governments aren't single level actors - they are occasionally capable of subtlety - saying one thing even when intending another.

cc816y ago

Did they even get any significant amount of advanced gear that way?

Most heavy things they got from looting Iraqi military.

bpodgurskyOP6y ago

I am not going to debate why "Obama secretly supported ISIS" is stupid.

It's stupid, and if you think it's plausible, you need to honestly evaluate whether your news sources are informing you or peddling a narrative with an objective.

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