This time I am talking about those mental midgets we elect for our Congress.
This time they have out stupid themselves.
Does anyone remember when the report came out that ISIS was using American weapons in their struggle? NO? Then listen up!
Weapons made in at least 25 nations, including the United States, made their way into the hands of extremists through decades of industry initiatives that saturated the region with destructive power. The weapons range from small firearms to heavy artillery and anti-aircraft missiles.
“Irresponsible transfers of arms and failure to control the resulting stockpiles are a major cause of untold human suffering in Iraq,” said the 45-page report titled “The Arming of the Islamic State.”
The findings were based largely on expert review of thousands of Islamic State and other videos showing militants wielding the weapons, which were identified in the report.
Ring a bell?
I bring up old news with good reason…..
The House voted for the first time today to explicitly authorize the incoming Donald Trump administration to arm vetted Syrian rebels with anti-aircraft missiles.
While the language in the annual defense bill also creates restrictions on the provision of the controversial weapons, it represents a win for Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., a fervent advocate of helping the rebels resist President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies. The Senate is expected to pass the bill next week.
Until now, the transfer of man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADs, had been implicitly authorized in the absence of an outright ban. Critics, however, view the new provision as tantamount to a policy recommendation for the president-elect.
Too bad for the Radical Islamis I would say.
Radical Islamists do not have planes…that is what these are made for…just a thought.
Majority of sentiment is that if the conflict isn’t in our backyards, it’s not worth the time to worry or question. MSM doens’t help matters either with their filtered watered down “happy” news. It’s a disgrace what this country has become… what we’ve allowed it to become. I’d bet money that the first American plane brought down by a MANPAD will be buried in classified reports and never reported, that is until Wikileaks gets it and people continue to ignore it because they’ve been convinced that WL is a Russian propaganda machine. It’s all bullshit. I fear it will take the threat of a nuclear attack on American soil before the American public finally wake up and stop being automatons of the government. A scenario that scares the crap out of me.
I see what you see….this could lead to escalation….something we do not need.
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” (Mark Twain, 1881)
Mark was a clever bloke, huh?
To keep from another extensive rant, I’ll merely answer the title question.
No.
gigoid, the dubious
Best answer…chuq