US Senate panel votes 15-3 to arm brutal Syrian “rebels”
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US Army chief slams Russia for arming, emboldening Assad as U.S. Senate panel votes to provide weapons to Syrian rebels battling Assad regime.
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel voted on
Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian
President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the
aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old
civil war.
With a degree of trepidation, the Foreign
Relations Committee voted 15-3 for a bill that would provide lethal
assistance and military training to vetted rebel groups, and would slap
sanctions on anyone who sells oil or transfers arms to the Assad regime
such as Iran and Russia. The measure also establishes a $250 million
fund to aid in the transition if and when Assad falls.
Opposing the legislation were Sens. Rand
Paul, R-Ky., a potential presidential candidate in 2016, and Democratic
Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
Udall questioned whether the United States
would know what rebel groups it was arming as it introduced more lethal
weapons into a chaotic situation while Murphy argued that the U.S.
hasn’t learned from history.
“We have failed over and over again in our attempts to pull the strings of Middle Eastern politics,” he said.
Paul said the U.S. is war weary and
reluctant to get involved in a murky conflict with so many factions. He
said there is no assurance that the weapons would end up in the hands of
“liberty-loving, Jeffersonian-type of democrats.”
“It’s impossible to know who are friends are,” he said.
His arguments put him at odds with another
potential White House candidate — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of
Florida, who backed the legislation and insisted that it was critical to
help groups battling the well-armed, pro-Assad forces and radical
jihadists.
And from the ‘you can’t make this stuff up’ department:
Obama, according to Suleiman’s office, also renewed his appreciation for the role the Lebanese leader was playing in “preserving stability and the policy Lebanon was adopting in not interfering in the affairs of other countries, particularly Syria…
Qatar along with the Turks would like to remove Al-Assad and install the Syrian chapter of the Moslem Brotherhood.
Below the fold are a few more examples of the rebels that McCain, Rubio, and despicable Bob Menendez are so desperate to arm.and
PS: Obama has been funding and arming the Syrian rebels for quite some time:
- NYT ‘Forgets’ U.S. Already Arming Syrian Rebels, With Most Weapons Going to Jihadists.
- Obama-backed Syrian rebel commander cuts out soldier’s heart and eats it.
- Jihadists Receiving Most Arms Sent to Syrian “Rebels”…with U.S. Funding
- Obama’s Special License to U.S. Muslim Group to Fund Syrian “Rebels” Causes Concern
- Obama allowing U.S. Syrian group to arm rebels, incl al Qaeda
- Obama-funded Syrian Rebels Broadcast Torture Videos
- Video: Obama’s Syrian Allies
- Free Syrian Army terrorist: We won’t stop until flag of jihad over White House (video)
- Clinton providing $45 million more taxpayer dollars to materially support Syrian terrorists
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