The White House has announced the suspension of the training program opposing the Islamic State "have not met expectations" Syrian rebels.
Barack Obama Administration was severely criticized for that program, budgeted $ 500 million, which was ineffective and a source of waste.
"The program did not work as effectively as expected," said spokesman Josh Earnest White House in an interview with MSNBC. "Many, including those who criticized us, believed that these training programs and weapons could be key to success in Syria, also they were wrong."
This September the US Defense He acknowledged that 'moderate' rebels trained by the Pentagon delivered ammunition and transport gained through the US to terrorist groups like Al Nusra Front, which is a branch of Al Qaeda program. There were multiple cases of defections from the fighters themselves to go over to extremists.
During a meeting in Congress revealed that 60 Syrian soldiers trained recently through the special program only "still fighting four, maybe five," the official representative of the Pentagon, Gen. Lloyd Austin said.
In the 70th UN General Assembly Russian President Vladimir Putin also recalled in his speech that the ranks of radical members "of the Syrian opposition called moderate, Western-backed" bind. "They are not dumber than you, and who knows who uses who for their own purposes," said the president referring to plans to seize the rebel activity to overthrow the government of Bashar al Assad.
Sen. Dick Black assumed earlier in an interview with RT that if US stop training and arming jihadists, end the war in Syria. The politician criticized the US involvement in the Middle East, in his opinion, led to the emergence of terrorist groups such as the Islamic State.
"I hope and pray that America wakes up and understands that it is time to end this slaughter. It's time to stop trying to overthrow regimes, bring order in the Middle East and stop the bloodshed," said Dick Black.