Wednesday, September 23, 2015

U.S. and the World - U.S. Spent $500 Million to Train Anti-ISIS Rebels in Syria…Only 4 or 5 are Still Fighting

U.S. and the World - U.S. Spent $500 Million to Train Anti-ISIS Rebels in Syria…Only 4 or 5 are Still Fighting - AllGov - News:
"In addition to launching an air war against ISIS, the Obama administration spent half a billion dollars to train Syrian fighters to take on the Muslim fundamentalists trying to take over Syria and Iraq.
That program turned out to cost about $100 million per fighter, with only four or five still fighting ISIS, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, head of the United States Central Command, told a senate hearing on Wednesday.
Launched in May, the program’s initial goal was to train 5,400 fighters in the first year. 
The effort fell far short of that promise, producing between 100 and 120 anti-ISIS warriors..."

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