The ass-covering can’t happen fast enough. via U.S. embracing new Syrian opposition group – The Washington Post.
The Obama administration is taking a
calculated risk that embracing chosen leaders of Syria’s fragmented
rebels will speed the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, moving
this week to recognize a slate of opposition figures whose pledges of
democracy Washington can do little to enforce.
The administration is expected to announce
the recognition of a relatively new Syrian opposition group Wednesday
when American, European and Arab diplomats meet with its leaders in
Morocco.
The action is part of fast-moving
diplomacy to try to guard against chaos and collapse in Syria if rebel
forces succeed in ousting or killing Assad. International efforts to
support moderates as successors to Assad have taken on new urgency as
rebels gain ground militarily.
In a further attempt to bolster moderates
and marginalize extremists in the opposition, the State Department plans
to designate a leading Syrian militant group as a terrorist
organization. The designation, to be announced Tuesday,
identifies Jabhat al-Nusra as a global terrorist organization and an
affiliate of the group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The two steps are aimed at building a broader and more moderate coalition for a post-Assad Syria. But the Obama administration remains opposed to U.S. military intervention in Syria or providing arms directly to the rebels.
We know this is a lie because a) Clinton threatened intervention last week, and b) the NYT
stated Obama secretly approved weapons transfer to the rebels, knew
within weeks they were going to terrorist groups and worse – urged the emirates to ship weapons to Libya that could not be traced to the United States.
Notice of the designation was published
Monday in the Federal Register. The notice indicated the paperwork was
signed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Nov. 20. In
separate amendments under the Immigration Act and an existing executive
order, the designation prohibits Americans from having any financial
dealings with the group and freezes any of its assets under U.S.
control.
This all fits too nicely into place – fund terrorists, allow
Muslims in America to fund them, then ban one terrorist group – after
the fact. Coincidence that the NYT ran a piece seemingly critical of the
Obama administration specifically on the same group we know find out
was banned on November 20?
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