Posted on 06/27/2014 8:24:21 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Syrian rebels can help push back jihadists in Iraq, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday as Washington unveiled plans to boost Syria's opposition with $500 million in arms and training.
The top US diplomat, who landed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah in the afternoon, also met Saudi King Abdullah a day after hosting urgent talks in Paris with the Saudi, Jordanian and UAE foreign ministers on the widening crisis in Iraq and Syria.
King Abdullah has consistently called for greater US military support for the Syrian rebels, whom the Sunni Gulf kingdom has long backed.
Following several signals in recent weeks by US President Barack Obama's administration, the White House said Thursday it intends to "ramp up US support to the moderate Syrian opposition".
The request is part of a $1.5-billion Regional Stabilisation Initiative to bolster stability in Syrian neighbours Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, and to support communities hosting refugees.
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They already are Mr Kerry ,the ISIS ,D’oh
I don’t even understand what he’s saying anymore. He’s all over the map and not making any sense. He just spouts bromides and words that no one believes anymore.
This is the modern version of let them eat cake.
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Coming to America with illegals...
“Oh, we got illegals problems, let us ask the narco terrorists for help...
Liberals love genocides, it is how they treat their kids in nonchalance.
Ping.
Kerry is one amazingly stupid sock puppet.
Of course Obama and Kerry are fully aware the Syrian Rebels and ISIS are one and the same.
Obama created and supplied the weapons to them and is supporting them
Obama just wants a creative excuse to provide cover so he can send them $500 million directly and openly.
Obama is just trying to brazen out his support of ISIS
Good of King John to give them his blessing.
Agree. The main objective of Obama, the Saudis, and Qataris is to replace Assad with someone who will be amenable to a pipeline that transverses Syria towards the Mediterranean and Turkey. When Assad vetoed the pipeline he signed his own political demise, as far as Obama and company were concerned. If they have to use the Sunni jihadis to get rid of Assad, then so be it.
INSANITY.... the Syrian rebels are ALREADY playing a role in Iraq....it is called ISIS
Hey Lurch, you mean the same people beheading folks, and mass murdering in Iraq.
I believe they are already playing a role in Iraq.
This douchebag really believes Syrian rebels are nice guys.
Well, maybe they are. At least they share the body parts of the people they murder.
this man is a moron
You shouldn’t insult morons that way.
Obama-Kerry foreign policy wpould best be described as the “Clueless Ass Clown Doctrine”...
I don’t often negotiate with terrorists...but when I do I call them “rebels” or better yet “the opposition”. -John F. Kerry, Vietnam Veteran and Genghis Khan Historian.
Guess we now know why Maliki has been acting the way he has. How in the world can any government leader trust a deal with someone who wants to arm rebels and terrorists ?
Guess we now know why Maliki has been acting the way he has. How in the world can any government leader trust a deal with someone who wants to arm rebels and terrorists ?
Agree. The main objective of Obama, the Saudis, and Qataris is to replace Assad with someone who will be amenable to a pipeline that transverses Syria towards the Mediterranean and Turkey. When Assad vetoed the pipeline he signed his own political demise, as far as Obama and company were concerned. If they have to use the Sunni jihadis to get rid of Assad, then so be it.
The Saudi Ambassador to Russia is reported to have told the Vladimr Putin that the Saudis would give the Russians a multi billion dollar armaments contract if they would force Assad to allow them to build a pipeline across Syria.
Putin rejected them outright as it would seriously undercut Russia’s gas and oil sales to Europe which is Russia’s economic life line at this point.
When Putin refused , the Saudi Ambassador reportedly told Putin he a 10,000 jihadi at his disposal that he could release against Russia and Assad and would do so if Putin did not cave on the Syrian pipeline for the Saudis and Qatar .
Looks like those reports are credible and the Jihadi have been released.
Look for Russia to help pound the ISIS insurgents into the ground and freeze the United Sates out of any future involvement with Iraq.
Thanks very much for the info. I read a couple of days ago that Putin initiated some talks with the Saudis, possibly to discuss how to resolve the Syrian situation. Also, during the Olympics in Sochi, he met with some Saudi representatives.
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