https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/10/why-obama-rejected-petraeuss-plan-to-aid-the-syrian-rebels/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:24:03 -0400<![CDATA[What happened here seems clear. Obama killed the idea of aiding Syrian rebels through a bureaucratic two-step. First, he refused to approve the level of aid his top advisers wanted. Second, he obtained a finding that the lower level of assistance he was willing to provide wouldn’t be sufficient.]]>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:50:42 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/10/why-obama-rejected-petraeuss-plan-to-aid-the-syrian-rebels-n100029