Dabbling in war(s)

[there4eyeM]

CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold to arms black market: NYT
This headline from Reuters is part of a report that arms delivered to the Middle East for one purpose are going to others. This is what happens when war is by measures and partial involvement, a game played by proxies.
Outsiders have waded into the situation, particularly in Syria, and the unforeseen consequences have wrought big problems.
The refugee situation alone should tell us how stupid and yet predictable such intervention is. Now, weapons of serious power are going into all the wrong hands. All because of misguided policies on the part of many governments and interests. This is not just a U.S. problem, and is not just a question of America's errors, although they are part. It isn't just the present administration, though it is not exonerated, either.
This is what happens when powers that are not directly involved decide to stick their fingers into complex situations.
Assad, like so many before him, is an embarrassment to humanity. That he has no business in power is a given. But, when will we learn that getting involved 'just a little', just to regulate 'a detail or two' is only enough to make things worse?
If action is truly needed, it has to be clear, firm and rapid. It has to be conclusive. It has to be successful. Dabbling at it is a prescription for catastrophe. The whole world, and particularly the Middle East and Europe, are paying a high price for this pot stirring by certain powers who have vague, dubious interests.

 

[HUGGY]

I did a search and found nothing newer than 9 months old even remotely saying what the OP claims.

OP.. Please include links to verify broad brush claims.

Thanks

 

[Tehon]

I did a search and found nothing newer than 9 months old even remotely saying what the OP claims.

OP.. Please include links to verify broad brush claims.

Thanks

CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold to arms black market: NYT

Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, the New York Times reported, citing American and Jordanian officials.

Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two Americans and three others at a police training facility in Amman, according to a joint investigation by the New York Times and Al Jazeera. (nyti.ms/292MmdH)

 

[there4eyeM]

Sorry, guess I figured this would be easy to find:
CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold to arms black market: NYT
Thanks, Tehon.

 

[there4eyeM]

This sounds like pretty sloppy work from the 'intelligence' people....
...unless it was intentional.

 

[Tehon]

Blowback is unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the aggressor. To the civilians suffering the blowback of covert operations, the effect typically manifests itself as “random” acts of political violence without a discernible, direct cause; because the public—in whose name the intelligence agency acted—are unaware of the effected secret attacks that provoked revenge (counter-attack) against them.[1]