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Obumble's syria strategy slashed by congress
    #21802131 - 06/13/15 11:15 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Accelerating the collapse of his lame duck presidency, in addition to defeat on fast tracking the tpp, congress has decided to cut funds to his idiotic plan to arm "moderate" rebels in Syria. The plan was never coherent to begin with and among the groups he funded and supplied was isis, which now is big, also al quaida. He sure knows how to pick them.


SECRET CIA EFFORT IN SYRIA FACES LARGE FUNDING CUT
Published: June 13, 2015


SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST

Key lawmakers have moved to slash funding of a secret CIA operation to train and arm rebels in Syria, a move that U.S. officials said reflects rising skepticism of the effectiveness of the agency program and the Obama administration’s strategy in the Middle East.
The House Intelligence Committee recently voted unanimously to cut as much as 20 percent of the classified funds flowing into a CIA program that U.S. officials said has become one the agency’s largest covert operations, with a budget approaching $1 billion a year.

“There is a great deal of concern on a very bipartisan basis with our strategy in Syria,” said Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the intelligence panel. He declined to comment on specific provisions of the committee’s bill but cited growing pessimism that the United States will be in a position “to help shape the aftermath” of Syria’s civil war.

The cuts to the CIA program are included in a preliminary intelligence spending bill that is expected to be voted on in the House next week. The measure has provoked concern among CIA and White House officials, who warned that pulling money out of the CIA effort could weaken U.S.-backed insurgents just as they have begun to emerge as effective fighters. The White House declined to comment.


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Re: Obumble's syria strategy slashed by congress [Re: Stonehenge]
    #21802165 - 06/13/15 11:30 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

"that is expected to be voted on next week"



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