"I think we've been putting an extraordinary amount of arms in, haven't we?"

"Since 2012 those so-called 'moderate' rebels in Syria had been absorbed into Al-Qaeda groups, or pledged allegiance to ISIS."

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This is what Donald Trump had to say on Syria back in early 2016It seems an obvious statement.And yet Obama's policies suggested he disagreed with this statement. From 2013 onwards, Obama's government provided support to so-called 'moderate rebels' who were fighting to remove Assad from power, effectively helping ISIS in their war against Assad.In addition, several people, including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and journalists Eva Bartlett and Ben Swann have questioned the accuracy of the term 'moderate rebels'. Here's a quote from Tulsi Gabbardback in December 2016:Here's a quote from Tulsi's official government websiteregarding her proposed 'Stop Arming Terrorists Act':It seems incredible that we would actually need a bill for this! Do we seriously have to make a law for the government to know that they shouldn't arm terrorists?Well, Tulsi Gabbard isn't the only one who believes such a law is necessary.Here's a tweetthat Jill Stein, leader of the Green Party, tweeted back in December 2016: That's quite a big claim to make.It repeated what Tulsi Gabbard had tweetedearlier that month when she claimed the government had been providing support to terrorist groups 'for years'.In the following video, Ben Swann explains the background to the so-called 'moderate' rebels that Obama's government had been funding and supporting for years:Some key points from the video are:In 2013 the CIA began delivering weapons to the Syrian rebels. In the same year, London based global defense consultancy group IHS Jane's reported that:* 10,000 of the estimated 100,000 insurgent fighters were linked to Al-Qaeda.* As many as 35,000 belonged to powerful factions that were fighting for an Islamic State.* Only around 30% of rebel forces were friendly to the West.By 2015, the International Business Times reported:Despite this, Obama's government continued to send money and weapons.Ben Swann sums it up as follows:[the death of the moderate movement]He adds:This is a quote from leaked audio of former US Secretary of State, John Kerry , where he acknowledges 'putting an extraordinary amount of arms' into Syria:Everyone needs to question what the Western media have told us about Syria, and just as importantly what they haven't told us. There's a lot which has gone unreported by the mainstream media, but for now consider again John Kerry's admission:Now consider once again Ben Swann's quote regarding the 'moderate' rebels who were receiving this 'extraordinary amount of arms':To return to my earlier question, "Do we seriously need to make a law for the government to know they shouldn't arm terrorists?"If Obama's time as president was anything to go by, then sadly, yes we do.It's just a shame that for millions of Syrian people, the 'Stop Arming Terrorists Act' is coming four years too late.- - - - - - - - - - -