CSPAN Road To The White House May 25, 2015
Early 2012, and then the c. I. A. Became convinced that we could actually vet the Free Syrian Army and i will say that the institute for the study of war had some impact on provide them information that assisted them with that conclusion, and general petraeus would admit at the time. He presented a briefing to secretary clinton and panetta and dempsey, general dempsey and they agreed with him that this force could in fact be armed equipped and trained robustly. But the administration did not do that. And tragically, as a result of that, the Free Syrian Army now is a mere shadow of its former s...