The "O"administration embarked on another regime change in Syria. Clinton led the public advocacy of the policy and the CIA began working on a major covert operation to arm rebel forces in Syria.
The operation used ostensibly independent companies in Libya to ship arms from Libyan government warehouses to Syria and southern Turkey. These were then distributed in consultation with the United States through networks run by Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The plan went into operation within days of Gaddafi’s death on October 20, 2011.
The Turks, Qataris and Saudis were funnelling arms to al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise, al-Nusra Front or other closely related extremist groups. The same thing had happened in Libya in spring 2011, the White House had quickly learned that the Qataris had sent the arms to the most extremist elements in the Libyan opposition. [
"There's no way you can divorce yourself, emotionally or mentally, from these situations that you play a role in," Brennan said, adding that he "felt some responsibility for the horrific bloodshed" in the Syria war. [Soft.net Paul Antonopoulos- Almasdar News Sun, 25 Dec 2016 20:13 UTC].
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