Washington Post: Here’s how badly the Pentagon effort to train Syrian rebels is lagging
Less than 200 moderate Syrian rebels have started training with U.S. military advisers through a new Pentagon-run program, and none has graduated, a Defense Department spokesman said Thursday.
The program, run at training sites in Jordan and Turkey, was developed to help the rebels counter the Islamic State, which has control of broad areas in Iraq, and exercises even greater sway in Syria. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday that more than 6,000 rebels have been recruited, but there are a variety of problems in getting them to and through training.
“This is a choke point, frankly,” he told reporters at the Pentagon.
WNU Editor: After all that talk, debate, promotion, discussion .... only 200 Syrian rebels !!!!! Another example on how muddled US policy has become in the Middle East. Not surprising .... the same U.S. training program is having trouble in Iraq .... US struggling to recruit Iraqi troops to fight Isis, Pentagon chief admits (The Guardian).
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