US to the rescure: democracy festival for Syria

"Aid to the rebels will most likely go through Turkey, where the United States is involved in a secret base that Turkey set up with Saudi Arabia and Qatar to direct military and communications aid to Syria's armed opposition, Reuters reports. "US aid could also go through Jordan where several thousand US troops are on a joint exercise," according to Reuters. "A further 200 soldiers from the US Army's First Division are also there." " This is a democracy festival really.