Arnold Ahlert: “You almost have to wonder why Obama keeps any generals around at all, since he never seems to listen to any of their advice. … Many Americans might not know it, but arming Syrian rebels is not new news, it’s old news. As the Washington Post reported on September 11 – 2013 – the CIA had "begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria.” And they did so after Obama waived Section 40, and Section 40(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) aimed at preventing the sale of weapons to terrorists, so that we could supply weapons to ‘vetted’ Syrian opposition groups. While he was at it, Obama also ‘waived’ the provision of the law that required him to notify Congress about the specifics of such transactions, 15 days before they occurred. … We are fighting ISIS halfheartedly in Iraq, while [Congress] just voted to arm them in Syria, all denials to the contrary notwithstanding. It doesn’t get much more political – or pathetically dangerous – than that.“