My Comment:  Pray for the people of Syria!

Daily Mail

Secretary of State John Kerry said during a  hearing Wednesday in the House of Representatives that counties in the Arab  world have offered to foot the entire bill for a U.S. military mission that  destroys the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.

‘With respect to Arab countries offering to  bear costs and to assist, the answer is profoundly yes,’ Kerry said. ‘They have.  That offer is on the table.’

Kerry, with a cadre of anti-war activists  sitting behind him and holding red-painted hands aloft in protest, declined to  name the countries that have proposed opening their purses.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, an anti-war  protester himself 40 years ago, is cast in the role of war consigliere to the  president. He said Wednesday that Arab countries had offered to pay America’s  expenses for a military operation if it ousts Bashar al-Assad from  Syria

The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry, foreground, is  one of four US Navy destroyers to be deployed in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept.  3, all of which are combat ready against Syria if the order for a strike is  given

Syrian women who live in Lebanon — another of Syria’s  neighbors — light candles during a vigil against chemical weapons attacks near  Damascus, in front the United Nations headquarters in Beirut

Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen  had asked Kerry to comment on the expenses related to carrying out attacks on  Syria if Congress were to authorize them.

Following through on a use-of-force  resolution, she said, ‘could potentially cost … billions.’

But Kerry said other nations that see Assad  as a destabilizing force in the region have proposed to cover the  costs.

Related articles

• John Kerry: Arabs Will Finance Our War (undergroundpoliticsdotorg.wordpress.com)
• Kerry: Arabs to pay for attack on Syria (mobile.wnd.com)

Categories: news

Tags: Arab world, Bashar Al-Assad, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, john kerry, news, syria