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Kerry vows to double US non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition |
2013-04-22 |
[Al Ahram] The US plans to double non-lethal aid to Syria's armed opposition to a total of $250 million, US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... says Sunday |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 Lethal only to U.S. economy.![]() |
Posted by: junkiron 2013-04-22 14:21 |
#9 Kerry vows to double US non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition Achmed, what do we do with 128,000 boxes of ketchup and tomato paste? Put them next to the 64,000 over there -> |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-22 13:34 |
#8 Think of it as insurance. If the rebels win, then there's the "remember, we supported you". The same line will be used if things go south. Good thing there's a sequester going on, eh? |
Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-22 13:14 |
#7 Il Douche |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-04-22 10:52 |
#6 Kerry is simply mouthing instructions and guidance from the Champ, nothing more. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-22 09:34 |
#5 band aid I guess |
Posted by: European Conservative 2013-04-22 08:52 |
#4 Provide whoever is losing with plausibly non-lethal but easily convertable aid to ensure they keep killing each other. That policy kept Iran and Iraq occupied for years. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2013-04-22 08:41 |
#3 Stunningly dumb. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-04-22 05:03 |
#2 NON-lethal aid? The best outcome here is for everyone to kill everyone else. Not to appear bloodthirsty, but these people need something to occupy their time. They don't do hobbies or sports like normal folks and killing seems to the only thing they have a knack for. |
Posted by: SteveS 2013-04-22 00:44 |
#1 We give the so called Syrian Opposition non lethal aid and they transform it into......lethal tools. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-04-22 00:43 |