Though plenty of “closed-door” meetings have taken place on arming the Syrian rebels since President Obama announced that he will, in fact, be arming the Syrian rebels, the administration still doesn’t seem to have a clear plan on how it will work.
That’s the complaint coming out of Congress, which is expected to sign off on the scheme but has questions on how it actually is going to work, and how the administration plans to not arm al-Qaeda when they are the rebels’ frontline fighters.
The “endgame” is also a big question here, as arming the rebels seems to be the beginning and the end of the plan, such as it is. That’ll satisfy Congressmen who want escalation at all costs, but others are concerns that this is just going to drag the US into an open-ended commitment.
The rebels are pushing the US to hurry up with the weapons, but the lack of serious planning on how the arms would be sent, or to what end, is likely to stall it for quite some time.
Since when does Congress care about the hows and whys and the fine print. Don't they know their place? The neocons want this, Obama obeys, and it's money for the MIC, what more do they suddenly want?
Look: the Syrian war is a plan for the tyrants of middle east taking over the entire middle east engaging 1-USA 2-Saudis 3-Qatar 4-England and some other European countries 5- the Islamist as muslims brotherhood are the main players, rest are the Wahhabis, the Salafis and all other terrorist groups belonging to either Muslims brotherhood or Wahhabis or Salafis. These groups are runaway groups with a demand of their own.., is either about islamization or those who act and are barbarians.., yet in cooperation and direct contact with their leaders. Any kind of help provided by anyone is in part will go to these groups.., you want it or not, they are among every other groups trained by USA or turkey or in Jordan and will receive the arms needed for terrorizing people's life.., make no mistake about it.., any support to any of these regimes is supporting terrorisms.
Obama and team have provided funding for the rebels for the past 2 years. Why is congress just asking about it now?
Because congress is gearing up for re-election. Gotta prove they are doing more than just raising money for their own re-elections – and trying to repeal Obamacare for the 178th time…
If Congress wants the details, they should ask McCrazy and Grahamcrackers as they seem to believe that they've figured out who the good bad guys are as opposed to the bad bad guys. Mac even had his picture taken with one of the…well…can't use THAT picture…
Assad is the ally of Iran and an enemy of israel. Congress will therefore give arms to al-Qaeda. Israel first, last and always.
weevil zionists termite-like destroying the political and social fabric of the US through self-interest. America is dead.
If you read the actual White House statement, they never said "arms." They said "support."
They never explained how they'd deliver arms. They never even said they'd do it.
Those who wanted to arm Syrian rebels declared victory, and the press believed them. It is not what Obama said.
It seems someone in Congress finally noticed that.