Obama authorizes secret U.S. support fo

drkmatter · 02-08-2012, 03:33 AM

President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said.

Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding," broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support that could help the rebels oust Assad.
This and other developments signal a shift toward growing, albeit still circumscribed, support for Assad's armed opponents - a shift that intensified following last month's failure of the U.N. Security Council to agree on tougher sanctions against the Damascus government.

The White House is for now apparently stopping short of giving the rebels lethal weapons, even as some U.S. allies do just that.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8701OK20120801

please tell us something we have not already being saying months that the mainstream ignored

arcyclus · 02-08-2012, 04:14 AM

See it for what it is.

It's all about Israel and what Israel wants. The US has no Foreign policy of it's own anymore.....it's Israel's foreign policy.

The ONLY reason obama authorizes such a thing is because Israel demands it.

white rabbit · 02-08-2012, 04:35 AM

this needs to go viral

thanks

dude111 · 02-08-2012, 06:50 AM

I agree!!

serpentine · 02-08-2012, 07:08 AM

The problem there and in the UK is that control of the armed forces lies with the executive/government and not with the senate/parliament. Unless a democratic nation is directly and immediately threatened on its own territory then the people via its representatives must have a say.

02-08-2012, 03:33 AM	#1
drkmatter Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 336	Obama authorizes secret U.S. support fo President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said. Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding," broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support that could help the rebels oust Assad. This and other developments signal a shift toward growing, albeit still circumscribed, support for Assad's armed opponents - a shift that intensified following last month's failure of the U.N. Security Council to agree on tougher sanctions against the Damascus government. The White House is for now apparently stopping short of giving the rebels lethal weapons, even as some U.S. allies do just that. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8701OK20120801 please tell us something we have not already being saying months that the mainstream ignored __________________ "Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite" Last edited by drkmatter; 02-08-2012 at 03:36 AM.

02-08-2012, 04:14 AM	#2
arcyclus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CITY IN THE CLOUDS Posts: 9,037	See it for what it is. It's all about Israel and what Israel wants. The US has no Foreign policy of it's own anymore.....it's Israel's foreign policy. The ONLY reason obama authorizes such a thing is because Israel demands it. __________________ "Those who say they will die first and then rise are in error, they must receive the resurrection while they live." Gospel of Philip

02-08-2012, 04:35 AM	#3
white rabbit Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 726	this needs to go viral thanks __________________ I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore....

02-08-2012, 06:50 AM	#4
dude111 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12,404	I agree!!

02-08-2012, 07:08 AM	#5
serpentine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 645	The problem there and in the UK is that control of the armed forces lies with the executive/government and not with the senate/parliament. Unless a democratic nation is directly and immediately threatened on its own territory then the people via its representatives must have a say.