Obama faces war-mongering Congress
Posted by seumasach on May 22, 2013
“Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CIA Director David Petraeus presented the White House with a plan to arm some elements of the Syrian opposition that was supported by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey. The White House rejected the Clinton-Petraeus plan.”
Obama successfully marginalised the above but now faces a Congress intent on taking over the war-mongering baton
Senate Moves Toward Arming the Syrian Rebels
22nd May, 2013
So far the Obama administration has pledged only nonlethal and humanitarian aid, but the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants to go much further—approving a bill Tuesday to arm the rebels.
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