He did the same thing in Libya. You can see how those arms were used in Benghazi. We have to stop picking winners when both sides are no good. Nothing good can happen from throwing gas on a fire by providing arms in Syria.
One of the US most effective weapons in the mid east are our snipers with advanced sniper weapons. I have seen pictures in Syria of "rebels" holding these long range death machines. It's only a matter of time before they are used to pick off Americans.
Obama is the worst President in my life time. Too bad we have reached a 1984 Orwell type existence where the majority news provider press are liberal backers and they lead the sheep on how to think.
They have to be able to shoot them 1st, and that takes boatloads of skill to do effectively at range, even with all the trick optics and gear.
Thats why US sniper schools are some of the hardest and most elite schools in the military.
Marine Scout Snipers account for less than 1% of all Marines. They're more rare than even the infamous Recon Marines. Just because they have those weapons doesn't mean they'll be good with them.
HOWEVER, it is fucking retarded to hand our tech over to the enemy because we want to tip the balance of power in these situations. All we've ever done over there is make shit worse, now everything we've done in Iraq is unraveling and it's going to bite us in the ass. When will we learn to just stay the fuck out of their business and let them off each other?