Do you really think those Drug lords would not have gotten guns without FF?
It was an attempt to track guns.
It was NOT selling guns to the enemy to make money to buy hostages huh?
You silly little knigget: no, it wasn't.
It was a cynical and corrupt attempt to gin up a case to destroy the 2nd amendment.
oh GAWD, here we go with the fucking conspiracies.
F&F was a tragedy of unintended consequences; A game of chess (as opposed to checkers) gone tragically awry. That's all. I know you want it to be something more, something concrete you can exploit to advance your preferred political agenda, but it just isn't.
Incompetence is always a better Defense than Conspiracy. I'd run with that. It has proven so useful, considering History. Just focus away from the Specifics involved, and those that tried to intervene, and you will be okay. The Sheep will believe anything.