Posted on 01/29/2014 11:11:11 AM PST by jazusamo
Though it’s been well documented that opposition forces in Syria are mostly run by Islamic terrorists—mainly Al Qaeda—Congress has secretly approved U.S. weapons flow to what officials describe as “moderate” Syrian rebel factions.
The problem with this is that there are no “moderate” rebel forces in Syria, according to a number of reputable news reports, both domestic and international. In fact, the New York Times published a piece last spring that confirms Islamist rebels—including the most extreme groups in the notorious Al Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda-aligned force—are running the show in Syria. “The Islamist character of the opposition reflects the main constituency of the rebellion,” the story says. “Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.”
It continues: “From the beginning, it was clear to geopolitical analysts that the conflict in Syria was not pro-democracy protesters rising up, but rather the fruition of a well-documented conspiracy between the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to arm and direct sectarian extremists affiliated with Al Qaeda against the Syrian government.” A few months later a British newspaper reported that in Syria jihadists are the largest and best armed faction in the opposition.
With that said, the Obama administration’s secret operation is essentially forcing American taxpayers to arm the very jihadists that want to murder them. The astounding development of this back-door scheme was reported this week by an international news agency that cites U.S. and European officials. “The weapons deliveries have been funded by the U.S. Congress, in votes behind closed doors, through the end of government fiscal year 2014, which ends on September 30, two officials said,” the report says.
Government officials on both sides of the Atlantic claim the weapons are going to “moderate” rebel factions, not terrorists. The goods include light arms and anti-tank rockets that are being shipped to “non-Islamist Syrian rebels” through Jordan, the story says, reminding that just last month the U.S. and Britain suspended non-lethal aid to Syria because Islamist fighters seized western-backed rebel weapons facilities. Now we’re sending them weapons! Not surprisingly, the “most transparent administration” in history refused to comment when contacted by the news agency.
Here’s some history that could help explain the stealth weapons program. A U.S.-based group that advocates for Syria’s rebels is defining and steering policy in the Obama White House as well as Congress. It’s called the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) and last year a 26-year-old SETF Syria expert (Elizabeth O’Bagy) convinced the president, secretary of state and some federal lawmakers that Syrian rebels are mostly moderates and not terrorists. Arizona Senator John McCain even dedicated a portion of a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting to an O’Bagy opinion piece calling for U.S. military intervention in Syria and dismissing concerns about Al-Qaeda terrorists running the rebel operations.
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Thanks, null and void. It’s way past time for McLame to retire.
I think a lot of other countries see us a pushy, arrogant Americans for good reason, but arming rebels? That’s on an entirely different level. These rebels are not fighting for a free Syria unless freedom means creation of another theocratic, anti-US Islamic state.
The administration made a total mess in Libya. They are in the process of surrendering on Iraq and Afghanistan. They almost managed to help create a hostile Islamic state in Egypt (fortunately overthrown in spite of our efforts). Why would any sane person trust the Obama administration on Syria? They’ve only produced one dismal failure after another.
That's true but quite a few in Congress seem to be listening to Bibi.
Arm both, and let Allah sort it out.
Maybe...I finally got it. Shows you what McCain has really been up to. He is insane.
And, I kinda half expect one of McCain’s minions to call me and tell me “He’s not insane, his momma had him tested.”
Shades of Big Bang Theory.
“Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.”
Notice the anti-religious litmus test.
Insane is the kindest possible explanation.
Al-CIA-duh has ALWAYS worked for Uncle Scam.
Al-CIA-duh is the sword of the New World Order.
I won’t say McCain is insane. Suffice it to say I totally disagree with his approach to most things. Yet, he keeps getting reelected, so he can stand on that and claim to have the support of most Americans. We aren’t going to change him. If Americans don’t want the US to arm rebels in Syria, then we need to quit sending the likes of McCain to DC. That is the fundamental first step toward reigning in the federal government. We have to change the people who run it!
BTW, that’s not an easy proposition, because the McCains of this world have considerable power. I don’t count out any of them, because they will do nearly anything to hang onto power. It will take a populist political revolution of epic proportions to kick the bastards out. I know of no nicer way to sum it up.
F’ing idiots all. They are arming our enemies outside our borders and inside our borders are trying to dis-arm us.
That should tell even the most brain dead voter who and what they are in DC (yeah, yeah, I know....It won’t matter to LIVs)
The US govt gives out arms like candy to rebels in the middle east, but I can’t buy an AR-15 in CT.
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