reply to post by ErEhWoN
Who armed the Libyan terrorists?
Who is currently arming the FSA in Syria?
Who is currently sending billions to those terrorists in Egypt?
Oh I know that dude who Romney is running agianst.
Obama is putting pressure on Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the main backers of the rebels, to restrict the supply of weapons to small arms.
Mitt Romney will call for an escalation of the conflict in Syria by arming rebels with the heavy weapons needed to confront president Bashar al-Assad's tanks, helicopters and fighter jets.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said.Source
Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding," broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support that could help the rebels oust Assad.
This and other developments signal a shift toward growing, albeit still circumscribed, support for Assad's armed opponents - a shift that intensified following last month's failure of the U.N. Security Council to agree on tougher sanctions against the Damascus government.
The White House is for now apparently stopping short of giving the rebels lethal weapons, even as some U.S. allies do just that.
Who armed the Libyan terrorists?
Who is currently arming the FSA in Syria?
Who is currently sending billions to those terrorists in Egypt?
Oh I know that dude who Romney is running agianst.
Obama is putting pressure on Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the main backers of the rebels, to restrict the supply of weapons to small arms.
Originally posted by ErEhWoN
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Obama is putting pressure on Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the main backers of the rebels, to restrict the supply of weapons to small arms.
There is a difference between giving assistance to (providing intel, sniper rifles, training, etc) and giving them anti-air missiles and heavy artillery.
This is just Romney showing his ineptitude in foreign affairs.
A questioner asked in a July 23, 2007, Democratic debate if the candidates would be "willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?"Source
"I would," Obama said. "And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration - is ridiculous."
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by ErEhWoN
Who armed the Libyan terrorists?
Who is currently arming the FSA in Syria?
Who is currently sending billions to those terrorists in Egypt?
Oh I know that dude who Romney is running agianst.