Fool's Errand Quote of the Day

"...as the CIA sees it, the ramped-up backing of rebels is an expansion of a strategy that is already not working. 'The CIA also believes that its previous assignment to accomplish this was basically a fool’s errand, and they are well aware of the fact that many of the arms that they provided ended up in the wrong hands,' the congressman said, echoing intelligence sources." -- (emphasis added) via the HuffPo, an unnamed Dem Congressman relaying the unclassified basics of a recent CIA briefing on arming Syrian "moderates."

Remember that bitter loser Sen. John "Walnuts" McCain and his sidekick Sen. Huckleberry J. Butchmeup* in every TV appearance over the past 18 months demanded -- DEMANDED -- that President Obama send bombs, tanks, missiles, etc. to the "moderate" forces fighting in Syria.  The CIA's description of McCain's reckless urging as a "fool's errand" seems to fit perfectly.
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* Charles P. Pierce's unbeatable moniker for Lindsey Graham