{"id":61838,"date":"2015-09-15T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61838"},"modified":"2015-09-14T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T22:32:31","slug":"41-million-dollar-trainees-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61838","title":{"rendered":"$41 million dollar trainees missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to CNN<\/a>, the US spent $41 million to train 54 Syrians to fight against ISIS. Littler bang for your buck.<\/p>\n

[Abu Iskander] and his “classmates,” known as the New Syria Force, are a key part of the U.S.’s anti-ISIS efforts. But there aren’t nearly enough of them to worry ISIS — yet.<\/p>\n

The U.S. wants its train-and-equip scheme to help create a moderate and well-disciplined force to counter the Islamic radicals on the ground and assist moderate societies in finding a foothold in war-torn Syria.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, according to Politico<\/a>, we’ve sorta lost track of the massive force;<\/p>\n

After nearly 12 months of extensive international outreach, the program has so far yielded only 54 fighters \u2014 all of whom were killed, captured by terrorists in Syria or scattered when they came under attack this summer.<\/p>\n

The White House\u2019s original goal for the first year was for more than a brigade\u2019s worth of combatants \u2014 about 5,400 \u2014 who would be able to push the Islamic State out of the villages it controls in northern Syria and then go on offense against the terror group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The White House announced the program in May 2014, but didn’t start it until June this year. And by August all of the trainees were dead, captured or in the wind.<\/p>\n

Why don’t we just drop the rest of the money we were going to spend on this program over Syria. At least it might discourage this migration thing. I guess this is what happens when you try to fight a war against terrorists on the cheap. It’s almost as if the administration wants to lose this war. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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