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Also since they supplied equipment to them it would not have been as difficult to trojan it.
by StreamBright 7y ago
Also since they supplied equipment to them it would not have been as difficult to trojan it.
- bpodgursky 7y agoThe US support of Syrian "moderate" rebels was stupid, shortsighted, and pretended that the world was a different place. And I will infinitely fault the Obama administration for providing technology which immediately fell into jihadist hands, which any reasonable analyst would have told them would happen. But it's not accurate to say the US 'supplied' equipment to ISIS. ISIS stole it.
- will4274 7y agoIf it was what "any reasonable analyst would have told them would happen," why isn't it reasonable to assume that was the intention? Governments aren't single level actors - they are occasionally capable of subtlety - saying one thing even when intending another.
- cc81 7y agoDid they even get any significant amount of advanced gear that way? Most heavy things they got from looting Iraqi military.
- bpodgursky 7y agoI am not going to debate why "Obama secretly supported ISIS" is stupid. It's stupid, and if you think it's plausible, you need to honestly evaluate whether your news sources are informing you or peddling a narrative with an objective.
- booboolayla 7y agoWould you perhaps be willing to debate the fact that ISIS grew their territory to the size of Belgium, enslaved thousands in Syria, and executed a number of high profile terrorist attacks in Western Europe - all during Obama's 8 years in office? Then Trump comes in and ISIS all but collapses within a year. Let's debate how can this happen without "willful incompetence".