So Obama has finally found a reason to arm the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria…

Well it took him long enough. After all, we’ve been funding and training them for a while now. I expected Obama would have been arming the Syrian army long ago. But I guess with Russia and Hezbollah keeping Assad in the fight, it’s finally time to try and tip the scales with something money and training can’t do:

CBS NEWS – The Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons against the rebels seeking to overthrow him and, in a major policy shift, President Obama has decided to supply military support to the rebels, the White House announced Thursday.

“The president has made a decision about providing more support to the opposition that will involve providing direct support to the [Supreme Military Council]. That includes military support,” Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes told reporters.

In terms of further response, Rhodes said, “we will make decisions on our own timeline” and that Congress and the international community would be consulted. Mr. Obama is heading to Northern Ireland Sunday for a meeting of the G8 group of nations; Rhodes indicated the president will consult with leaders of those countries.

“Any future action we take will be consistent with our national interest, and must advance our objectives, which include achieving a negotiated political settlement to establish an authority that can provide basic stability and administer state institutions; protecting the rights of all Syrians; securing unconventional and advanced conventional weapons; and countering terrorist activity,” Rhodes said.

Rhodes left off the ‘our objectives’ list the establishing of a Sunni caliphate. At least that is Obama’s objective anyway.


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