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unhappycamper

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Sat Jun 7, 2014, 07:25 AM Jun 2014

Obama advisor Susan Rice hints at ‘lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/06/obama-advisor-susan-rice-hints-at-lethal-aid-to-syrian-rebel/



Obama advisor Susan Rice hints at ‘lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:01 EDT

President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy advisor Susan Rice on Friday said Washington was providing “lethal and non-lethal” support to select members of the Syrian opposition, offering more detail than usual on US assistance.

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But President Barack Obama said in a major foreign policy speech last week that the United States would “ramp up” support for rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad.

National Security Advisor Susan Rice said in an interview with CNN while she was traveling with Obama to D-Day 70th anniversary celebrations in Normandy that she was heartbroken about the carnage in Syria’s civil war.

“That’s why the United States has ramped up its support for the moderate vetted opposition, providing lethal and non-lethal support where we can to support both the civilian opposition and the military opposition.”

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Obama advisor Susan Rice hints at ‘lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels (Original Post) unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP
Why? newfie11 Jun 2014 #1

newfie11

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1. Why?
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 07:42 AM
Jun 2014

We are addicted to war. We cannot stay out of Syrias war. Might this all have been over by now if we were not sending weapons...

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