Who Are The Syrian Rebels?

For John, BLUF:  It's your tax money.  Do you like what Washington is doing with it?

NPR has an Internet post up on the Syrian Rebels, "5 Things To Know About Syria's Rebels", by NPR International Editor Greg Myre.  These would be the people we are arming.  The announcement was made this Friday last by Mr Benjamin J. Rhodes, President Obama’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications.♠

Scary quote, from Mr Joseph Holliday, of The Institute for the Study of War, Washington, DC.

But, he warned, "the longer this goes on, the more likely extremist elements will come out ahead. That's just the nature of these wars."

By "extremist elements" he means, I assume, those who want Sharia as the law of the land and the eventual reconstitution of the Caliphate.

Hat tip to Ann Althouse.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Yes, that does seem like a relatively low level official for such an important announcement.