George Orwell once said: “We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” Indeed, and nowhere is that depth more visible than in the Obama administration’s decision to ship weapons to the Syrian “rebels” (see article below). 

This depth of ineptitude includes:

FIRST: Saudi Arabia is providing rebels with Manpads (shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles), and the U.S. will monitor this effort, “to try to reduce the risk that the Manpads could fall into the hands of Islamists.”

So the US (which is clearly clueless about who’s who among the Syrian “rebels”) will keep an eye on the Wahhabis (Saudi Arabia), to ensure Manpads don’t fall into Islamist hands? News flash for Obama et al: Those Manpads are already in Islamist hands! Who gave 'em to the Wahhabis? 

SECOND: The CIA, under pressure from the White House and Congress to minimize the risk that American arms could be diverted to “hardline Islamists” (particularly the al Qaeda-aligned al Nusra Front), has put in place "elaborate" vetting procedure for the rebels they train. 

So the White House, Congress and CIA will try to minimize the risk of arming  “hardline Islamists”? And the difference between hardline Islamists and moderate ones is...?

THIRD: The CIA is considering putting U.S. military special-operations force units under agency authority to conduct some of the training. It’s also considering “using special-operations teams from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates” to ramp up the training effort.

United Arab Emirates special operations teams? Where’d those come from? And who trained them? Here’s a thought: Perhaps Israel would need less military aid from the US government if the US government stopped arming and training Israel's enemies? Just a thought...

FINALLY: Saudi Arabia (aka Wahhabi Central) has told the US it can identify a small group of "trusted rebel fighters" and provide them with as few as 20 Manpads initially, reducing the risk that the weapons will fall into the hands of radical Islamists.

Question for Mr. Obama et al: The Wahhabis say they can identify trusted rebel fighters. And the deep-thinkers in DC Land trust the Wahhabis????