Sen. Rand Paul: The US Has Been Arming ISIS in Syria

Sunday Morning on CNN’s State of the Union Rand Paul accused the Obama administration for arming ISIS rebels in Syria.

Earlier this month National Security Adviser Susan Rice admitted the Obama administration was arming rebels in Syria.

The Hill reported:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that the Sunni militants taking over Iraq have quickly gained power because the United States has armed their group in Syria.

“I think we have to understand first how we got here,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We have been arming [the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria] ISIS in Syria.”

ISIS, an al Qaeda offshoot, has been collaborating with the Syrian rebels whom the Obama administration has been arming in their efforts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Paul explained.

The administration has reportedly assisted the moderate opposition in Syria, but details about the dissemination of those resources are unclear.

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