President Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels.

I don't necessarily think money used to train foreign militaries as a waste. I see it as a long term investment, where the reward you reap is that you won't need to send our boys over there which WILL entail a higher cost in dollars and American blood in the long term.

The issue I see here is the POTUS's timing. This should have been done TWO YEARS ago. At this point, it's too little too late. Using the investment analogy again, it's all about timing. Had we given money to the rebels back when it was purely a secular fight between them and the government, we may have been able to shape and inflluence the outcome to our benefit. We refused to do that, so someone else stepped in (ISIS) and shaped and influenced the fight to THEIR benefit.

Bob P. seeks $500M to live vicariously in the lap of luxury for the rest of his life. Yeah that'll happen!

Abso-freaking-lutely not. One, it is a slap to every vet and active duty service member because the government claims they can't take care of us well enough...500 million could help the military and vets out quite a bit. two, every time we help someone in the Middle East it comes back to haunt us, examples, Saddam, and Bin Laden. Three, who is vetting these rebels, I do not see anyone in Washington qualified. They cannot even vet their appointees let alone a terrorist rebel.