Our coalition-trained Syrian allies are being hammered

[VtaGeezer]

It's f'ing murder to tell these poor bastards that they can win with a few weeks of mediocre training, no artillery, and no armor against a trained, organized and brutal ISIS force or the Syrian army.  And that US air support mentioned is $10K/hr/aircraft minimum.

SYRIA'S NEW US-BACKED FORCE STUMBLES IN FIRST TEST
BEIRUT (AP) - The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters announced they had taken over an air base outside a town held by the Islamic State group near the Iraqi border. "We are trapped. Pray for us," a commander called into the operation room. Then communication was cut. Six hours later, the exhausted fighters from the group, known as the New Syrian Army, returned to their base in Tanf, nearly 150 miles (240 kilometers) across the desert to the west, having lost four fighters, four vehicles and ammunition. The swift, humiliating defeat last Wednesday marked the end of a widely advertised offensive launched less than 24 hours earlier with intense U.S.-led air cover.