ISIS on the offensive in Iraq

[Xiahou]

Did you actually send them any arms in the end? Just be grateful that you pulled back from intervention against Assad in Syria, as that means that you at least have a significant card to play in this.

We were training/advising/arming Syrian rebels. Publicly, we weren't assisting the real extremists- only the moderate extremists, but there's little doubt that weapons we provided and personnel we trained in Syria are fighting for ISIS.

It's not very realistic to think you're going to arm these rebels and not those rebels, when they're all essentially fighting on the same side.