tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post1673340101607214535..comments2024-03-12T17:52:01.234-07:00Comments on Linux Beach: Hama rebel commander: Russia intends ‘to exterminate the Free Syrian Army’Linux Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-87665193359881267732015-10-02T23:59:03.376-07:002015-10-02T23:59:03.376-07:00Yes, the US supplied a few dozen TOW missiles to t...Yes, the US supplied a few dozen TOW missiles to the opposition and trained a handful of opposition fighters how to use them. That doesn't change my narrative that the US hasn't been doing much of anything to help the opposition forces. Also this gift of US TOW missiles doesn't negate the US's role in stopping them from getting anti-tank weapons from other sources or MANPADS from any sources. Do you think because the "Good Cop" brings you the occasional candy bar that he is really a good cop?Linux Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-15173686626042992542015-10-02T17:22:07.897-07:002015-10-02T17:22:07.897-07:00In your posting of Oct 1, I read the following.
...In your posting of Oct 1, I read the following. <br /><br />“To be frank, America trains them [the opposition] and arms them with TOW missiles,” Ibrahim a-Shamali, with the pro-opposition Umayya Media Center, told Syria Direct Thursday.<br /><br />I have been getting the impression from your blogs that the US has not been doing anything (or much of anything) to help the opposition fighters. So, what importance does our training them and supplying them with missles have in view of this quote?<br />Robin Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346648093983800979noreply@blogger.com