White House: U.S. To Give Syria Rebels Military Aid After Chemical Attacks

Yahoo News ^ | 13 June 2013 | Olivier Knox and Rachel Rose Hartman

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In a sharp escalation of the U.S. role in Syria's bloody civil war, the White House announced late Thursday that it will provide military aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad after confirming that his government used chemical weapons on the opposition.

Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes told reporters on a conference call that President Barack Obama had heard pleas from Syria's rebel Supreme Military Council (SMC) for more help. "Our aim is to be responsive," Rhodes said, underlining that the new assistance would have "direct military purposes."

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"The president has made a decision about providing more support to the opposition. That will involve providing direct support to the SMC. That includes military support. I cannot detail for you all of the types of that support for a variety of reasons," Rhodes said. The assistance is "aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of the SMC on the ground."

Aw, here we go........

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"These people of the Free Syrian Amry need weapons and heavy weapons to counter tanks and aircraft, they need a no-fly zone."

“Just providing arms is not enough,” McCain said.

Said the guy who posed with known terrorists and wasn't aware of it.

[cripplecreek]

At least we’ll know what weapons will be used to kill us.

[justa-hairyape]

Just like the WMD in Iraq !

What poetic justice for all those progressive retards.

[machogirl]

Drudge has his siren up.

[My Favorite Headache]

WAR!!!!!! So sayeth the front page of Drudge

[hal ogen]

So the US is on the side of terrorists? Didn’t the Prism thingee alert those pinheads in WDC that these people are terrorists?

[Southack]

The Left loves wars when they are in Power.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

What could possibly go wrong?

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[Sarah Barracuda]

Oh you can bet since its their savior Obama they will NEVER think he is lying about WMD’s..remember in the mind of a progressive only Republicans lie about weapons of mass destruction, since Obama is saying it it must be true

[My Favorite Headache]

MSNBC will say the 100,000 Syrian’s murdered mean more than the 400,000 under Saddam in Iraq and that this is humanitarian. Although...both are essentially the same war.

[Typical_Whitey]

Oh.... I see.... Obama has now completely morphed into George W. Bush...

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

"Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes.."

He's the brother of Candy Crowley's boss, David Rhodes, President of CBS.. "Grab the transcript, Candy".. Yeah right.. No, that wasn't scripted.. Nahhhhh.. Whatever CBS told us about Benghazi, we're supposed to believe yeah right.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

How odd that 0bama didn’t give TWO SH!TS about our brave men under attack by TERRORISTS in Benghazi.

[austinaero]

Boots on the ground soon, if we aren’t already there.

Sad. How does Dear Leader know which muslims to side with?

[realcleanguy]

Isn’t the same thing Reagan did with the Contras? And LW activists cried and screamed out. now they are silent when Obama does it. Such Hypocrites

[Fresh Wind]

FUBO.

[King Moonracer]

Now we can stop worrying about all the scandals, pesky IRS, the MSM will be broadcasting the war show 24/7.

[muir_redwoods]

Why?

[KC Burke]

So far the Obama administration is aiding jihadist in Egypt, Lybia, Ft Hood and now Syria.