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Reader comment on item: A Risky Alliance: The Danger of Arming Syrian Rebels

It is my understanding that the chem weapons used in Syria came from the rebels not the Assad regime.

It is also my understanding that the green on blue deaths are also caused by the rebels in Afghanistan.

All rebels in the Mid East are equipped by regimes that are enemies of both Israel and the United States, mainly Saudi Arabia. Since this is the case, I have two questions:

First, since Saudi Arabia is so wealthy, why don't they supply the weapons and money to the rebels?

And second, why doesn't our government learn by their past mistakes in arming groups they neither understand or trust?

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