there are a lot of jihadis on the battlefield f. the cia is delivering small arms and ammunition which the rebels want and probably can use. why the cia and not the pentagon? that s a good question. the cia has greater authority to do these things without rupping into a lot of bureaucrat tick red tape. less rules. correct. for example, if the pentagon were to train the rebels they would run into congressional and legal bureaucrat tick tape such as the vetting process whereby the u.s. must have established that it s not supporting people who have dodgy human rights records. committed human right ace bewss. interesting you say that. congress b is upset that it i s hadal control over decisions having to do with and happy the president did come to them. with the president using the cia he bypasses congress because if he went to the pentagon there