Secretary of State John Kerry said at Wednesday’s hearing that Arab counties have offered to pay for the entirety of unseating President Bashar al-Assad if the United States took the lead militarily.
“In fact, some of them have said that if the United States is prepared to go do the whole thing the way we’ve done it previously in other places, they’ll carry that cost,” Kerry said. “That’s how dedicated they are at this. That’s not in the cards, and nobody’s talking about it, but they’re talking in serious ways about getting this done.
What could possibly go wrong?Pretty sure this takes us from "a few specifically targetted airstrikes with no boots on the ground to "war"...on our own...with a minimum of 75,000 troops. In a country back by Muslim extremists with both sides that hate us.
I don't know what's more insulting - the offer, or our secretary of state repeating it.Pretty insulting.
[/FONT][/COLOR]The House’s Syria hearing: Live updates
This might change things.
Is our Army for hire?
They've got our money. They've got our weapons. What we don't have that they do is the common sense to stay out of fights like this.It shouldn't be.
If they want to pay for it, then let them do it themselves. We shouldn't be involved AT ALL.
They've got our money. They've got our weapons. What we don't have that they do is the common sense to stay out of fights like this.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1062276998 said:I don't think the US should get involved in Syria either but if, I mean when they do go to war again, let someone else pay for it. I see nothing wrong with that. I think the Iraqis and Lebanese should pay for their liberation rather than the American taxpayer.
As they say, freedom isn't free.
[/FONT][/COLOR]The House’s Syria hearing: Live updates
This might change things.
Is our Army for hire?
From the Arab perspective it is even more insulting. Their erspective is that they will bring in TCNs...Third Country Nationals...to do all the demeaning **** work that no Arab should ever deign themselves to do. Thats how they view the US military...TCNs.This turn US as mercenary.
It's so insulting.
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