Syrian weapons ending up in the wrong hands. Surprise!
Here's a surprise out of Syria:
U.S. and Western weapons have been reaching Iranian-backed Shiite militias fighting to keep Bashar Assad's forces in power in Syria.Analysts say it's unclear if the weapons were captured, stolen or bought on the black market in Syria, Turkey, Iraq or Libya. Propaganda photographs from Shiite militias posted on dozens of websites and Facebook pages show the weapons were acquired in new condition, said Phillip Smyth, an analyst for Jihadology.net, a site affiliated with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Many of the weapons are things the militias "shouldn't really have their hands on," Smyth said. Iranians love to show "they have weapons and systems that are very close to the Americans."
Heck, the U.S. has showered so many weapons on the Middle East it's just too difficult to tell which ones are being used by civilian-slaughtering, Iranian-backed militias and which ones are going to ... "good guys." Obviously, the right thing to do is send more weapons. Hezbollah might be running low.
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