Posted on 06/13/2013 5:15:53 PM PDT by haffast
(Reuters) - As the Obama administration considers whether to arm Syrian rebels, former President Bill Clinton increased pressure for a stronger U.S. role in Syria's civil war, short of sending in U.S. troops, according to a report.
"Nobody is asking for American soldiers in Syria," Clinton said, according to the report from the newspaper Politico published late Wednesday.
"The only question is: now that the Russians, the Iranians and the Hezbollah are in there head over heels ... should we try to do something to try to slow their gains and rebalance the power so that these rebel groups have a decent chance, if they're supported by a majority of the people, to prevail?"
Clinton made the remarks at a closed-press event earlier this week with Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, one of the fiercest critics of President Barack Obama's unwillingness so far to provide direct military support to the rebels opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Clinton said he agreed with McCain that the United States needed to intervene, according to the report by Politico, which said it obtained an audio recording from an attendee at the event for the McCain Institute for International Leadership held on Tuesday in New York.
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Obama has been reluctant to arm the rebels out of concern the weapons could fall into the wrong hands, and opinion polls back him, with some surveys showing as few as 10 percent of Americans in favor of intervention.
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(And if it all turns to shiite Dear Leader can blame it on the warhawk GOP. DL, the wisest man in the world can say he told you so.)
Tally Ho, here we go. Russia has promised to support Syria, and if Iran gets into the Fray, they will support Iran also. Armegeddon here we come
An impeached, lying rapist traitor tells us what how we should think and what we should do???
Clinton, Mr. Wag the Dog and his wife, not sending help to our people in Benghazi. He has principles and integrity. He’s only lining up a political stance for himself and his female planner.
Is it time to give Syria to the al Qaida-linked Muslim Brotherhood already? And who is next, Turkey?
Gog MEET Magog
It's almost getting to the point where I am thinking, "Bring it on!"
Father Of The Year: Kill ‘Em. (Very nice. The Hildabeasat MUST be proud.))
Bill Clinton is just a well-paid Shill. They learned how to steal taxpayer money and make money for Soros in Bosnia.
There aren’t many countries left over there which the subhuman trogolodyte muslim, pig-crap-sucking islamist filth don’t have their murderous hands into, except Israel. This isn’t going to go or end well.
Well, his wife’s state department had been running illegal weapons to the Syrian rebels thru Turkey, who laundered the whole thing. That’s what Benghazi was all about.
Advice from a draft dodger! Just what this country needs.
Do we have a dog in the fight in Syria? Both sides are our enemies. Where are the protests about intervention?
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