W. Thomas Smith answers my question over at “The Tank,” too, and the answer is no.

So, if we aren’t arming the Sunnis shouldn’t all these news outlets stop saying we are? I mean, imagine if it was the reverse and we were arming the Sunnis when it was widely being reported we weren’t. Wouldn’t it be considered a big deal to get this fact right? Wouldn’t it be a big story to break the news that we were arming the Sunnis?