U.S. Funnels More Weapons To Its Enemies

Gee, why does this keep happening? 

A new force of around 75 Syrian men trained by the U.S. to fight ISIS (and ONLY ISIS- they are barred from fighting the forces of the Assad regime, which is the priority for most Syrians) handed over "about a quarter" of their trucks and ammo to the Islamist al-Nusra Front, which is habitually "linked" in some unspecified way to the demon al-Qaeda. The newly-minted mini-army was apparently rushed into "battle" just days after the embarrassment of the Congressional testimony of General Lloyd Austin, who was forced to admit that the U.S. only had "4 or 5" combat-ready Syrians so far- having spent $42 million so far of a budgeted half a billion bucks on an effort that was claimed to be designed to create a force of 5,400 Syrian troops by year-end to fight the foe designated by the U.S., the Islamic State or ISIS. The idea apparently being to wipe some of the egg off the Obama regime's face.

The latest snafu involving the hapless surrogate force occurred when the fighters needed to pass through al-Nusra-controlled territory, and the gear was ceded as a sort of toll. At least that's what the Syrian surrogate fighters are saying.

At first the U.S. government vehemently denied that their mercenaries/puppets had handed over a chunk of their U.S.-supplied military gear to an enemy, but within hours were forced to admit it was true.
Let's see, how many times has this happened so far? It's happened repeatedly in Syria, although usually the military supplies have been taken by force.

It happened in Iraq, where ISIS seized large quantities of U.S. military equipment, including modern artillery and tanks, from the fleeing Iraqi "army."

And it happened of course in Afghanistan, and still happens, and not just since the invasion of 2001. Remember the glorious "defeat" of the Soviet Union in the 1980s there? Guess who got the arms the U.S.poured into the hands of jihadists then? Well, jihadists, and eventually the Taliban (and, yes, al-
Qaeda).

I suppose the same thing happened when "South" Vietnam fell. The "South" Vietnamese armed forces had been lavished supplied by the U.S. The U.S. didn't get all that stuff back.
But it's great business for the U.S. military-industrial complex. It's a trillion dollar industry based on waste (and death and destruction).

Don't think about what a better world this would be if only half the trillions squandered were spent on positive works for humanity. You'll just get depressed. Or cry. Or both.