Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday that US military troops have begun training a small, company-sized group of Syrian fighters to battle Islamic State militants who have overrun parts of Syria and Iraq.
Fishing for moderates continues.
Carter told a news conference a second company-sized group of Syrian fighters would begin training soon. The Pentagon chief said the company-sized unit that already has started training has about 90 personnel.
First they trained Syrian Sunnis Freedom fighters to fight against Alawis & Christians bloody tyrant Assad---and got ISIS. Now they're training the same Sunnis to fight ISIS? What would Einstein say? |