US axes $500m scheme to train Syrian rebels, says NYT

Think about it.

You're going to spend half a billion dollars to train 5 guys... $100 million per  Syrian rebel?!?

You would have thought once they hit $250,000 someone would have said, Hey wait a minute this ain't working. 

But no... they didn't slam the brakes on until they hit a half billion! We all know damn well it didn't cost anywhere near that amount. 

So what happened to the money? 

Training the "coordinated" Iraqi's: 

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And I imagine the Syrians were a carbon copy.

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The US has axed its $500m  program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State in another move highlighting western failures as Russia seizes the initiative by launching direct military intervention in support of Bashar al-Assad.

Pentagon officials were expected to officially announce the end of the program on Friday as the US defence secretary, Ashton Carter, left London after meetings with his British counterpart, Michael Fallon, about the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, the New York Times reported.

The program was the most visible element of US backing for Syrian opposition groups but it has already suffered embarrassing setbacks. Last month, it became apparent that it had trained only four or five fighters inside Syria and that others had surrendered to rival groups and handed over the their weapons when they crossed the border from Turkey. 

US axes $500m scheme to train Syrian rebels, says NYT