US Training Programme for Syrian Fighters Fails

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If it goes wrong again or how to spend 500 million 

Damascus. The US faces the shards of their own policies again in the Middle East. Not only because of Washington over the years highly bred and supported terrorist militia IS gets out of hand and now willy-nilly with American use again has to be cut back.

Other multi-million dollar subversion and "training" programs the Pentagon plunge now miserably collapse. About $ 500 million invested in the Pentagon training and equipping a supposedly "moderate" ground force that should be used once against President Assad, recently but also against the IS.

Recently now CentCom Commander General Austin had to admit sheepishly in front of a Senate committee that only "4 to 5" were active from the 54 fully trained and equipped with weapons fighters in Syria. On Friday was reworked: it had nine fighters who are still active in Syria. A few are also still in Turkey, the rest have joined other groups or is submerged. The weapons were but assured, stressed the CentCom spokesman.

Gradually but seep through ever more embarrassing details. In June it was announced that 2,500 candidates who had completed a first phase of training, wanted to continue only 1,500. A mere 200 should then be entered into the training camp in Turkey and in Jordan. Of those 54 were then left, recently acknowledged the CentCom commander.

Now reports the British "Telegraph" that the US program was obviously much worse in the pants than was previously known. On Friday, the CentCom spokesman assured yet, that the weapons of the disappeared in Syria fighters were safely stored at an unspecified "moderate opposition group". But this message was obviously premature. For in the meantime it became known that the trained by the Pentagon in Turkey fighters who operated under the name "Division 30", have handed over their weapons and equipment immediately after crossing the border into Syria, the al-Qaida group al-Nusra.

To make matters worse in the meantime also joined NSF Chiefs of Staff Mohammad al-Dhaher back from his post. He complained about the insufficient number of recruits and fighters, insufficient supply and inaccurate checks when selecting a fighter. For him, the training program was not "serious" meant.