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| US and Britain consider arming Syrian rebels (+video) |
| 2013-05-03 |
| Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel confirmed yesterday that the US was reexamining its consistent opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, though cautioned that considering action was not the same as taking action. “You look at and rethink all options," Secretary Hagel said during a Pentagon news conference, according to The New York Times. Hagel is the first official to publicly acknowledge the shift that most observers assumed was happening, based on comments earlier this week by President Obama. After Hagel's press conference, the president said that the defense secretary's announcement coincided with a view he had held for "months," according to The Daily Star in Lebanon. The US already provides communication gear and basic rations to Syrian rebels, and could begin including body armor, night-vision goggles, rifles, and other basic arms, The Wall Street Journal reports. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Arm up whomever is weaker. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-05-03 22:44 |
| #3 See also DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND > [AP.com] OBAMA DOESN'T SEE PUTTING US GROUND TROOPS IN SYRIA. versus * WORLD NEWS > [News Tribune] IN SYRIA, THE US IS FACING THE STAKES OF BEING TOO LATE. Methinks the Bammer = USA can't afford to evar! be "too late" wid the various on-going China Crises. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-03 22:36 |
| #2 Currently both consider trusting own people with arms to be a bad idea, but giving AlQ supporters arms to be a good idea... PolyTicks is the art of having zero mental consistency. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-03 16:30 |
| #1 While he steadfastly denied doing so, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum armed the Bantu and they happily slaughtered a good many Christian women and children. Will history once again repeat itself ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-03 16:21 |