Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Congressional panels approve arms aid to Syrian opposition
Washington Post ^ | July 22, 2013 | By Karen DeYoung

Posted on 07/23/2013 12:10:32 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

The House and Senate intelligence committees have approved CIA weapons shipments to opposition fighters in Syria, allowing the Obama administration to move ahead on the stalled program, senior congressional and administration officials said Monday.

Despite ongoing “very strong concerns about the strength of the administration’s plans in Syria and its chances for success,” the House committee reached consensus “after much discussion and review,” Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said in a statement.

Both the House and Senate panels voted on the administration’s plan last week, officials said.

The agreement allows money already in the CIA’s budget to be reprogrammed for the Syria operation, a covert action that President Obama approved early last month. The infrastructure for the program, which also includes training, logistics and intelligence assistance — most of it based in Jordan — is already in place and the arms would begin to flow within the next several weeks. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; Russia; US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghazi; christiangenocide; israel; jordan; lebanon; michigan; mikerogers; randsconcerntrolls; russia; syria; threatmatrix; waronterror
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-46 next last

1 posted on 07/23/2013 12:10:32 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

This is NUTS... the GOP is dead to me !!!


2 posted on 07/23/2013 12:12:21 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Bad idea.

Quite aside from all other factors, there is the fact that they are on the losing side. That is not the side one wants to back. The Syrian opposition is very disunited, and so never can succeed. Not unless someone else comes in to fight the war for them, like in Libya.


3 posted on 07/23/2013 12:13:02 AM PDT by BlackVeil
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Nothing says “we love you” like arming people who hate us. :)


4 posted on 07/23/2013 12:16:26 AM PDT by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/SLIN

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/HLIG


5 posted on 07/23/2013 12:18:53 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Java4Jay

Don’t be surprised when Assad launches his payback against US interests

There is no reason to be involved in this conflict


6 posted on 07/23/2013 12:28:43 AM PDT by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Java4Jay

So the GOP-e, the political Judenrats for the MarxoFascists - have rubber-stamped Obama’s demand that we arm Al Qaeda’s allies in Syria.

Treason.

Our entire Federal Government is now in-league with our avowed Jihadist enemies against We The people, of whom they killed 3,000 on 9-11 and thousands of our troops and civilians since we decided to fight back.

Anyone still stupid enough to think Obama is not a Trojan Horse for Jihadist Islam and every enemy America ever had??

He plans to walk with our enemies on top of our ashes to survey the slaves he leaves alive.


7 posted on 07/23/2013 1:02:55 AM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

So does this fit into the Al Qaeda prison break in Iraq? Are we going to arm Al Qaeda fighters headed from Iraq into neighboring Syria to fight Assad?

...are there any sane adults in DC to stop this madness??


8 posted on 07/23/2013 1:07:04 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

wow.

we need an opposition party in this country


9 posted on 07/23/2013 1:12:18 AM PDT by GeronL
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee
The House and Senate intelligence committees have approved CIA weapons shipments to opposition fighters in Syria,

I now think the government is utterly incapable of doing the right thing. Perhaps this has been true for a long time.

10 posted on 07/23/2013 1:14:43 AM PDT by Mark17 (A creepy a$$ cracker, retiring in the Philippines)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BlackVeil

Part of arming the rebels- more like invaders- is uniting them by only arming the strongest faction, AQ and starving the rest or paying them to accept AQ command.


11 posted on 07/23/2013 1:55:10 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

How many of those weapons will end up being used against Western interests in terror attacks? Ironic justice would be for a CODEL to be shot down with the same weapons.


12 posted on 07/23/2013 1:55:50 AM PDT by Truth29
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tzimisce

The Moslem-in-Chief is arming his people and his minions in Congress are expediting the project.


13 posted on 07/23/2013 1:56:26 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee
The CIA to arm Al CIA Duh? Duh!

We've been doing it for at least 4 decades now.

This would explain our "training exercises" coinciding with their attack schedule!

14 posted on 07/23/2013 2:12:59 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee
Nearly a year later and the stupid politicians responsible for the Benghazi "Fast and Furious" gun running operation to the New Syrian Army are back in business again, but this time we're making it public? WTF? Are these politicians on LSD or some other hallucinogen? Let the bloody Muslims kill each other; that's what they've done for 1,400 years -- when they weren't killing everyone else as Infidels!
15 posted on 07/23/2013 2:21:11 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MasterGunner01

SECRET program to arm the rebels.... which rebels?
they are fighting each other


16 posted on 07/23/2013 2:24:33 AM PDT by GeronL
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: GeronL
Good point. Trust the CIA to arm the worst of the worst of the worst. Yes, the CIA folks are THAT stupid. Of course, the people to be armed by the CIA will be determined by Obozo and his real “brain”, Valerie Jarrett.
17 posted on 07/23/2013 2:51:44 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Next, it will be boots on the ground. These people never quit.


18 posted on 07/23/2013 3:23:50 AM PDT by gotribe (Vladimir Putin is MY President)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee
Brilliant!

Furlough nurses at Walter Reed, stealing 20% of their pay, but give more Billions to the Muslim murderers.



19 posted on 07/23/2013 3:35:52 AM PDT by SkyPilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Pay attention folks. This is exactly what will happen if Immigration “Reform” gets to committee.


20 posted on 07/23/2013 5:30:09 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-46 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson