Pentagon says that it trained 4 or 5 Syrians
According to Fox News, General Lloyd Austin, commander of the U.S. Central Command, was grilled by Congress about the progress of the grand White House plan to train 5400 Syrians by the end of the year to fight against ISIS. General Austin admitted that only about “four or five” remained on the battle field. You’d think they’d be able to nail the number down a little better. But no.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., suggested the Pentagon shift to supporting other countries operating in the region like Turkey.
“This four or five U.S.-trained fighters — let’s not kid ourselves, that’s a joke,” she said.
The witnesses acknowledged the shortcomings with the program but suggested it is salvageable.
“They will figure out a way to get the job done one way or the other,” Austin said of U.S. trainers.
Christine Wormuth, under secretary of defense for policy, said the mission is part of a “broader effort” and those getting training can be “force multipliers” for other groups on the ground.
I’m pretty sure that General Austin was hating his job. Those “four or five” force multipliers are gong to be pretty busy, multiplying like bunnies. Stars & Stripes says that John McCain said that he’s never been to a hearing that was so “divorced from reality”. You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet, Senator. We still have another year and a half of this BS.
Category: Terror War
Doh.
No worries. The Russians and Iranians are stepping up to the plate. At this point, anything that brings the region back under control would be nice if only for a few years. When you leave a void, something will fill it.
Yeah, and we have Trump… and he will get along with Putin. How will he get a long with Putin you might ask?
Answer: He will get along with Putin by getting along with Putin because he will get along with Putin.
So we have that going for us, which is nice.
‘If elected, I will build a wall around the middle east to contain ISIS. I will make Russia pay for it because Russia loves me.’
Pity that the current
gang of feckless fools and toothless tools in DCAdministration didn’t realize that when they were negotiating an Iraqi SOFA back in 2011, isn’t it?Crazy Joe Biden’s finest hour. He was in charge of that negotiation, if I recall correctly.
I love it when a plan comes together – COL Hannibal Smith.
Can I get my tax money back?
No, you can’t. We’ll start funding the Russians and begin singing “Putin On The Ritz”.
Can’t wait to hear the Pentagon spokesman spin this one.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, but…those 4 or 5 are really, really, REALLY good!”
Maybe they finally cracked the Captain America formula.
http://media.photobucket.com/user/shutupmark88/media/Captain_America_I_Understand_That_Reference_zpsb2bf80ed.png.html?filters%5Bterm%5D=i%20understood%20that%20reference&filters%5Bprimary%5D=images&filters%5Bsecondary%5D=videos&sort=1&o=2
Had to do it…
I know where they can get a couple hundred thousand recruits for training….
Other news reports I’ve read say $500M was spent on this effort. Our net was 5 trained troops.
Steve Austin, the “six million dollar man”? A piker in comparison. These guys are all $100M men! They’re assuredly hell on wheels and will certainly defeat ISIS by tomorrow night!
(In case you’re wondering, yes – the above was sarcasm.
Well, all except the $500M spent and net of 5 trained troops part. Those were meant to be taken literally – because they appear to be the truth.)
It is unclear if the numbers include Walid “The Team Killer”. Last I heard, he was in timeout.
It is not as bad as it sounds. The program was budgeted at $500 Million,but they were able to train five guys for a measly $45 Million. In Obama’s mind that is peanuts.
Pretty shitty ROI… but King Putt is so into “helping” his “friends”, so the actual amount that went into training those guys was more along the lines of $99.00 (with the rest going to “administrative fees” and such).
It’s the Chicago way, baybeee!
But the unanswered question is did the attend any sensitivity training classes celebrating the contributions of the LGBT service members to the Armed Forces? If they did not sign the attendance roster, the Teaining NCO is going to be in some deep shit.
Here you go. The latest news from Reuters, the REAL world news.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-exclusive-idUSKCN0RH15S20150917
In other news on Reuters, we’re getting Cuban boat people coming ashore in Miami and more peeps from the ME are crowding into Croatia now because Hungary won’t let them in.
I know a guy who moved from Ireland to Budapest last year. He’s self-employed as an author. I wonder if he’s regretting his decision now.
Hmm. They might want to steer clear of Croatia. I seem to remember some rather bad blood between Croats and Bosniacs during the mid-1990s – not as much as between Serbs and Bosniacs, but still quite a bit. I’m guessing that history might just repeat itself.
Croatia? Great alternative! Because Croats and Serbians LOVE moslems…
“force multipliers”
With only four or five that’s some fancy new math if they hope to make a difference anywhere but fantasyland.
Pretty amazing that they had a plan to get something done and after months of implementation and with 3 months left to deadline, they’ve achieved a 1/10th of 1% success ratio….kind of like the entire last 7 years….lots of promise with very little actual delivery….
Here is their training video
Christ on a pony.
Jeezuz! As fucked up as a football bat!
hey, you just don’t understand success, Pentagon style. They said 5400…. this is the 5…. the four will follow, after which no one will…. see?
General Austin admitted that only about “four or five” remained on the battle field.
The rest of them killed themselves halfway through the suicide prevention brief.
Talk about embarassing. Then again just how Obama likes our military acting.