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Originally Posted by bronco67
Good. Stay the fuck out of it completely.
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we're not getting out, this is a re-strategizing. we simply stopped training (and arming some) rebels.
the new U.S. effort would seek to enable Syrian rebels in much the way the United States had helped Kurdish forces to successfully battle Islamic State in Syria.
The United States announced on Friday it would overhaul its failed efforts to support moderate Syrian rebels battling Islamic State, saying it would provide arms and equipment to vetted rebel leaders and their units.
The U.S. announcement marked the effective end to a short-lived multimillion-dollar program to train and equip units of fighters at sites outside of Syria, after that program's disastrous launch this year fanned criticism of President Barack Obama's war strategy.
Future training will be greatly scaled back, with the apparent U.S. focus on providing weaponry.
U.S. changes tack on support to Syria rebels after failed training push | Reuters