President Barack Obama exchanged testy words with “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft on Sunday over Russian President Vladmir Putin and the Syrian conflict.When asked about the effectiveness of his administration’s strategy in the ongoing Syrian civil war, a defensive Obama admitted he was initially skeptical about training and arming moderate rebels against Syrian President Bashar al Assad — a $580 million program the Pentagon pulled after generating only 60 trained fighters instead of the expected 5,400.President Barack Obama: Steve, this is why I’ve been skeptical from the get go about the notion that we were going to effectively create this …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
