Tuesday, February 07, 2017

John Kerry and Syrian rebels

"Challenged about the level of US support to the insurgency, Kerry turns to his aide and says: "I think we've been putting an extraordinary amount of arms in, haven't we?" The aide agrees, noting "the armed groups in Syria get a lot of support".
Amazingly, before noting the US had sent an "extraordinary amount of arms" to the rebels, Kerry tells the activists "we can always throw a lot of weapons in but I don't think they are going to be good for you" because "everyone ups the ante" leading to "you all [getting] destroyed". "