
“Another gem is section 1224, which provides authorization to arm Syrian rebels with state-of-the-art weapons from the US military. I’m not talking about small arms and ammunition. This is the heavy-duty stuff. Apparently Congress didn’t learn its lesson when a bunch of the weapons they gave to the Iraqi military conspicuously ended up in the hands of ISIS. Nor did they learn their lesson back in 2010 when it was found that the DEA had completely lost track of the thousands of weapons they supplied to Mexican cartels. But don’t worry, the law provides plenty of safeguards.”
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