Is the vote to arm "moderates" in Syria a massive blunder?

[kentuck]

I saw a report that there were as many as 1500 different rebel groups in Syria. Which of those do we sell arms to? Does it really matter so long as the arms dealers get their money? Obviously not.

I cannot understand how any Congress person could vote for such a deal with so many questions and so many dangerous possibilities? I cannot understand why a President would ask for such a proposal?

How do we follow these weapons? Will they eventually be used against our own troops? Probably so.

But the alternative is to give them to our local school boards and local police departments. Perhaps the military has too many weapons?

[valerief]

1. Same old shit to make rich people richer. WAR, the pasttime of the ruling class insane. nt

[CJCRANE]

2. We're back in bizarro world.

I don't understand it either.

[The2ndWheel]

3. If history tells us anything

it's that you do what you need to do today, and worry about the consequences tomorrow, and then do something about that, and worry about those consequences later, etc, etc, etc.

Clearly, obviously, arming whatever group is going to come back to bit us in the ass at some point, some day, in some way. Even not arming them will bit us in the ass. It doesn't matter what we do.

[msongs]

4. George W Obama, CIC....same old crap from a different president nt

[Dems to Win]

5. Yes. Someday those weapons will be used against the US or its allies. n/t

[morningfog]

6. Yes. Sadly, this will only prime the pump.

[GeorgeGist]

7. Indubitably

[scarletwoman]

8. It's the perfect plan

to keep us mired in never-ending war in the Middle East.

For the MIC, this is a good thing.

[99Forever]

9. Thw War Machine MUST be fed.

Doesn't matter which team ( Red or Blue) supposedly is in control, the Beast that is the MIC WILL have it's needs met and it NEEDS a war, NOW!

[moondust]

10. Hard to tell.

One thing that may help is that the Syrian conflict has been going on for a few years now, allowing allied intelligence in the region to follow the players and maybe figure out who can and who cannot be trusted--more or less.