U.S. Weighs Expanded CIA Training, Arming Of Syrian Allies Struggling Against Assad -- Washington Post
The Obama administration has been weighing plans to escalate the CIA’s role in arming and training fighters in Syria, a move aimed at accelerating covert U.S. support to moderate rebel factions while the Pentagon is preparing to establish its own training bases, U.S. officials said.
The proposed CIA buildup would expand a clandestine mission that has grown substantially over the past year, U.S. officials said. The agency now vets and trains about 400 fighters each month — as many as are expected to be trained by the Pentagon when its program reaches full strength late next year.
The prospect of expanding the CIA program was on the agenda of a meeting of senior national security officials at the White House last week. A White House spokesman declined to comment on the meeting or to address whether officials had reached a decision on the matter.
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My Comment: In Iraq the U.S. position on what to do in the war against the Islamic State has earned a reputation of always changing .... Obama's 'Consistent' Story About Iraq Keeps Changing All The Time (Colin Campbell, Business Insider) .... I guess the same can now be said about Syria. But considering what is at stake and the costs that are involved .... this reluctance to get involved is understandable.
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