So that guy we call our president...

[Peaker]

Just because the American public isn't fully aware of the exact going ons doesn't mean the higher leadership isn't. Besides, there's a limit to what military intel can do in a warzone like Syria. But I'm still betting they have full knowledge of the leaders of every rebel group operating there along with their ideologies and goals, as well as areas of operations, at the very least. Hell, after a 5 minutes search on Wikipedia I can tell you the names of the major groups involved, roughly what cities are in the hands of the rebels or the government, and an estimate of each faction's forces.

[Armstrong 1st MRB]

Then why all this bullshit over whether or not the Rebels are Terrorists operating under the guise of Freedom Fighters? Do they want their media causing more political trouble for them when they could answer it once and for all? Give out some information over who the leaders of the Rebels are, what they're histories are, what they hope to gain, and what their future plans are. Hell, you people are planning to supply these guys with weapons, might as well let everyone know who they are arming so that they have something to expect rather than having people being left in the dark and phoning up their representatives to block every action in the Houses.

[S. Richards]

I for one, cannot wait until we get oil refineries up and running so protecting our crude oil assets over there become null. That's all it really revolves around over there, nothing more. We want democracy to flourish over there so resources become obtainable much easier. It's just assinine though, to assume that Syria won't revert back to an infidel hating dictatorship within two years of Assad being overthrown if it comes to fruition. Besides that, I think it would be much more efficient to send in PMC's like Blackwater (Now Academi), Triple Canopy and Aegis to overthrow Assads regime instead of directly arming the same militants that will turn against us, not to mention it's much more economical, more bang for your buck. If your gonna tie a nations name to one side of a civil war we have no business in and send support to backstabbers, you might as well it do it correctly and in utmost preventative fashion.

But I digress, it makes much more sense for my tax dollars to go to arming the same people that might very well get me recalled back to service in the next few years just to be killed by the same weapon I bought for them. I find the irony in this to be very egregious.

Edited June 27, 2013 by S. Richards 1st MRB

[Zorbanos 1st MRB]

But I digress, it makes much more sense for my tax dollars to go to arming the same people that might very well get me recalled back to service in the next few years just to be killed by the same weapon I bought for them. I find the irony in this to be very egregious.

very well put