The first Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military and intelligence officers in Jordan returned to Syria on Thursday, a senior rebel spokesman told CNN.
About 300 rebel fighters received specialized training in Jordan in the use of various weapons, including anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other types of advanced systems, the spokesman said.
Isn't that how the Taliban started?
Yep. Then they were known to us as 'Freedom Fighters' booting out Soviets.
Seems like we haven't learned the lessons of history.
Lol good one
Oh well yeah, this makes perfectly good sense to me. We take the rebels, give them "specialized" training, and then send them back to where al queada has already taken over the uprising and teach them these new tactics, so at a later date, they can use yhese newly learned skills against us. Yep, makes perfect sense to me.
Sigh.
And people wonder why many of us have no faith in our government anymore? Stupid is as stupid does!
While the US may have trained them in the use of weapons ...I don't think much "friggin' intelligence" was passed on to the rebels!
Do you folks know that Cheney- Murdoch company Genie Energy Int. was recently awarded rights by Israel to drill in the Israeli occupied Syrian territory of Golan?
Figures.
Ty for that info @ saywhat and no i didnt know that. I hope Cheney gets charged with those war crimes in my lifetime.