I don't know anyone who seriously thinks that you can train effectively, even with successful vetting, 5,000 insurgents who are moderate and maybe secular, and they are going to be reintroduced to Syria and turn the tide.
Engel doubts the effectiveness of training moderate insurgents to combat ISIS.
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