http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... /?page=all" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"The Obama administration has been ambiguous about the exact role the United States played in arming the rebels who overthrew Gadhafi, even as arms merchants and former CIA officials have stated publicly that a covert program facilitated such weapons transfers through a network of friendly weapons brokers and third-party countries.
The issue is sensitive because a U.N. ban on weapons shipments to Libya was in place at the time, although the State Department had the authority to deem a specific shipment in the United States interest and permit its transference, officials said."
So, we publicly admit we spent $500MM to train a handful of Syrian rebels (and Congress just recently approved another $500MM for 2016)...and now we are learning that the CIA, in a separate operation, was delivering weapons and training to thousands of Syrian rebels (all while Obama was saying that we were only delivering non-lethal assistance)...and now we learn that Hilary was pushing for weapons deliveries to Libya despite an existing UN ban on weapons to Libya.
All hail the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
What is equally funny is that we are actually trying to frame Putnin as a bad guy for supporting an oppressive government (Assad), while we continue to support a Saudi government that continues to execute people for non-viloent crimes.
"A young Saudi protester is set to be beheaded and crucified for his role in 2012 pro-democracy protests. Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested at the age of 17 and convicted of encouraging protests during the Arab Spring. He faces execution any day. Earlier this month, in response to mounting international pressure to release al-Nimr, the Saudi Embassy in London said, "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects any form of interference in its internal affairs and any impingement on its sovereignty or the independence and impartiality of its judiciary.'"
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/22/ ... repares_to" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Oh, and our defense contractors are upset that we are talking about Saudi abusive human rights (the same reason we say we are trying to depose Assad).
"Ronald L. Perrilloux Jr., an executive with Lockheed Martin: “Another significant irritant,” Perrilloux said, “is the application of human rights laws” toward U.S. allies in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Perrilloux argued that these countries, despite being “better partners to us than some of our NATO allies,” were being unfairly judged compared to Chinese human rights abuses."
"Weapons transfers are actually a foundation for stability, the executives argued. “More often than not, it is the military relationship that will keep the relations and the bonds between countries very strong,” Kohler said. “When you sell somebody a big platform like an F-15, you build a 30-plus year relationship with that air force.”'[/i][/b]
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/23/sau ... ed-martin/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah, we have no money to improve our own country (how xenophobic and conservative of me to think of such a thing), yet we dump billions into arming whack jobs and causing instability.
PS - I have been a bit busy lately...sorry I can't stay long.
Carry on.
