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| Senior US senator calls for arming Syria rebels | ||
| 2012-03-05 | ||
| WASHINGTON: A senior Republican US senator on Sunday called for arming Syria’s rebels through the Arab League and suggested the imposition of “no drive” and “no fly” zones against Syrian military forces targeting the opposition. Senator Lindsey Graham, an influential Republican voice on international policy, also said he was joining with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal to push a Senate resolution calling on the United Nations to declare Syrian President Bashar Assad a war criminal.
“We need more international pressure,” Graham told the program “Fox News Sunday.” “We need to help the rebels militarily, economically, and let Assad know that he is an international outlaw and be held accountable.” “I think the Arab League would be a good vehicle to provide military assistance to the opposition forces and we should consider that. We should consider (a) ‘no drive, no fly’ zone, too, pretty quickly,” Graham added. Graham suggested that the international community should use a similar approach to support Syria’s opposition as was used by NATO in buttressing the rebels who eventually toppled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi last year. “I think the Libyan model could serve us well,” Graham said, although he did not lay out specifics for a US role.
Referring to the US Congress, Blumenthal said, “There is very strong support for the kinds of initiatives that we saw in Libya. And Libya is a model for how we can aid rebels.” “But let me emphasize ... no American troops — none. No American troops on the ground, in direct aid, that will bolster that opposition,” Blumenthal added. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 On the Ground and in the Air ... * CHINA DAILY FORUM > MCCAIN CALLS FOR US-LED AIR STRIKES ON SYRIA WIDOUT UN MANDATE. Bammer Doctrine widout the UNO. OOOOOOOOOO, you just know Russia + China will go for that - NOT. * SAME > RUSSIA AND CHINA WILL REPLACE US IN MIDDLE EAST - TOP SYRIAN MUFTI AHMED BADR [al-Din Hassoun] | US WILL LOSE INFLUENCE IN ME - SYRIAN MUFTI. * WAFF > TURKEY THREATENS TO ANNEX NORTHERN CYPRUS, iff Greek-Turkic Cypriot reunification talks fail as "all Options" would then be on the table. * FREEREPUBLIC > {Business Insider] REPORT: EAST LIBYA ABOUT TO DECLARE ITSELF AN AUTONOMOUS STATE, widin the greater Federal State of Libya. New EAST LIBYAN SUB-STATE may call itself "BARQA" [Cyrenaica = oil-rich]. STATE OF HANNIBAL + HAMILCAR BARCA??? OTOH FREEP BLOGGER = notes that Egypt has always laid [good] historical claim to CYRENAICA = "BARQA" REGION OF LIBYUH, + STILL DOES!? * Lastly, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > SPAIN TO PARTICIPATE IN US ANTI-MISSLE SHIELD. Read, IRAN THREAT. Sub-read, UNCERTAINTY OER NUCLEAR INTENTIONS OF POST-ARAB SPRING NEW ISLAMIST GOVTS-REGIMES IN NORTH AFRICA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-05 22:09 |
| #11 I think the Libyan model could serve us well," Graham said... They're all in friggin' cahoots I tells ya! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2012-03-05 20:55 |
| #10 OK, Gotcha ! It could have been funny if it wasn't such a a serious issue. I usually try not to start calling names but these guys are so dumb they make me go berzerk. I can only hope Chomsky realizes his utter stupidity and commits suicide as a contribution to cleansing the human genome pool. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2012-03-05 12:29 |
| #9 #6 Can you be more specific ? Thanks Posted by: Elder of Zion Yes, see Glenmore's cmnt below: #7 Stop insulting lemmings.... Posted by: Glenmore |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-05 10:03 |
| #8 Arm both sides. Cash basis. |
| Posted by: Shimble Guelph5793 2012-03-05 09:34 |
| #7 Stop insulting lemmings.... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-03-05 09:29 |
| #6 Can you be more specific ? Thanks |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2012-03-05 08:18 |
| #5 Can we not rise above mischaracterizations and rodent insults? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-05 07:48 |
| #4 Nah.... You need balls for that. Nobody will do anything. Rivers of blood will flow there and nobody will do anything. Pencilneck is performing Genocide in there and Bambi sits on the fence and watches gleefuly. Makes you trust every word he says when he promises that Iran will not be tolerated to posses a nuclear weapon. Reminds me of Chamberlein grovelling to the Nazies and sacrificing Chechoslovakia to get "peace" from Hitler. The US (and Israel, unfortunately) will have to repeat history for failing to understand it. The Iranian monkey said very explicitely that they will destroy Israel and later strive to destroy the US and then Western Civilization. I say, if it walks like a duck, smells like a duck and quack like a duck... It's a Duck ! Let me say this loudly - Bambi is a lemming ! |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2012-03-05 07:41 |
| #3 I for one await the evening news broadcast that announces Senators Lindsey Graham and McShame have "come out" and will wed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-05 07:07 |
| #2 Wunderbar. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-03-05 04:24 |
| #1 How soon they have forgotten: At the Cairo Summit of 1964, the Arab League initiated the creation of an organisation representing the Palestinian people. The first Palestinian National Council convened in East Jerusalem on 29 May 1964. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was founded during this meeting on 2 June 1964. Today, Palestine is a full member of the Arab League and is represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-05 01:09 |