A Formula for Disaster

2014-09-19

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. On their way out the door this week to hit the campaign trail full-time, lawmakers made a short detour: They approved President Obama’s plan to wage war in Syria. Majorities in both houses of Congress bought the administration’s line that it can tell who are the “moderate” rebels there. We are assured that, if armed and trained by us, they can provide the “boots on the ground” in the fight against the Islamic State, so we won’t hav...

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

On their way out the door this week to hit the campaign trail full-time, lawmakers made a short detour: They approved President Obama’s plan to wage war in Syria.

Majorities in both houses of Congress bought the administration’s line that it can tell who are the “moderate” rebels there. We are assured that, if armed and trained by us, they can provide the “boots on the ground” in the fight against the Islamic State, so we won’t have to.

Unfortunately, virtually all such rebels are Islamists fighting alongside al Qaeda. Most have pledged loyalty to assorted global jihadists. They often lose, or surrender, weapons we give them. And training any actual “moderates” in immoderate Saudi Arabia is a formula for their radicalization and disaster.

And so is President Obama’s “strategy” more generally.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at Secure Freedom.org.

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