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Re: Should the US Arm and Train the Syrian Rebels?
I think you are right on that. Then that will leave the reconstituted Iraqi Army as the Kurds are not going to roam very far from their own home territory. Another possibility this administration is missing is Assad's army. I know the president is dead set on Assad's ouster which I think is a mistake. But before all this is done and over with, this administration will have to either determine which force, ISIS or Assad is the lesser of two evils. Which if one survives would be less a threat to the U.S. I know my answer.
I personally would rather leave Assad in power and be rid of ISIS. Assad at least would rule over a stable Syria, he may be a bastard of the least worst kind, but he is better than an ISIS caliphate.
And those five thousand US armed and trained so-called moderates will end up joining the Islamic State, watch!
I think you are right on that. Then that will leave the reconstituted Iraqi Army as the Kurds are not going to roam very far from their own home territory. Another possibility this administration is missing is Assad's army. I know the president is dead set on Assad's ouster which I think is a mistake. But before all this is done and over with, this administration will have to either determine which force, ISIS or Assad is the lesser of two evils. Which if one survives would be less a threat to the U.S. I know my answer.
I personally would rather leave Assad in power and be rid of ISIS. Assad at least would rule over a stable Syria, he may be a bastard of the least worst kind, but he is better than an ISIS caliphate.