Rubio: Syrian rebels need ammo, non-lethal assistance
As the White House considers stepping up its non-lethal assistance to Syrian rebels, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., suggested Wednesday that it also consider sending ammunition to the forces fighting dictator Bashar al-Assad.
“We don’t have to give them weapons. I think they have plenty of weapons, quite frankly,” Rubio said in remarks at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank. “What the opposition really needs is access to ammunition.”
“That’s a step that I’m prepared to advocate for, the provision of ammunition to resistance groups within Syria that we believe we can build a long-term dialogue with,” he said. …
The problem for the United States is that the “best-equipped, best-armed factions in Syria are the most radical ones,” he said. “We should want the best-organized and best-equipped and most dominant groups in the opposition to be groups that are friendly to our national interests.”
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No thanks Marco, tired of arming people that hate us in the mid east
snoopicus on February 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM
I had no idea I had so much in common with Syrian rebels.
PoliticsinHD on February 28, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Is Rubio serious. What stupidity. There must be some briefing going around DC that claims the fall of Assad will seriously weaken Iran’s hand. Maybe short term, but they’ll figure out a way to get close to what ever side comes out on top.
Aplombed on February 28, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Yes..now the rebels can medicate their way to victory! And for them, its free to boot!
BobMbx on February 28, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Isn’t ammo lethal assistance?
changer1701 on February 28, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Heh…so do we.
Where have all the bullets gone?
Long time passing…
BobMbx on February 28, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Do whatever results in the least amount of “immigrants” claiming asylum in Europe and the United States. That’s the only thing that matters.
ninjapirate on February 28, 2013 at 9:59 AM
*refuges
ninjapirate on February 28, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Kick the football Charlie Brown!
RadClown on February 28, 2013 at 10:01 AM
whatever keeps those two sides killing each other longer is a good idea.
bannor on February 28, 2013 at 10:01 AM
I need ammo too. And magazines (PMAG preferred).
Dingbat63 on February 28, 2013 at 10:06 AM
I am all for either nuking the place into a glass sheet or allowing the natives their to remain in a death spiral to the very last man, who will mysteriously die shortly after…
astonerii on February 28, 2013 at 10:17 AM
He wants to give them what few bullets remain available to American citizens…
astonerii on February 28, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Ah!!! More proof that Rubio is nothing more than a DC establishment puppet!
Tea Party guy indeed! /s
journeymike on February 28, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Rubio isn’t ready for prime time
journeymike on February 28, 2013 at 10:27 AM
rubio offering non-lethal assistance.rofl. you mean like water?
the jokes just write themselves for this clown.
renalin on February 28, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Rubio will be elicipsed by true consevatives in the GOP. Living off his hispanic name is almost over.
Oil Can on February 28, 2013 at 10:30 AM
More Bush mafia water carrying by Jeb’s Waterboy!
Ruthless
Unscrupulous
Bush-mafia
Ignoble
Opportunist
Jayrae on February 28, 2013 at 10:38 AM
The problem is that the most radical groups are the ones that are most likely to win….Because when it comes to VIOLENT REVOLUTION, “moderates’ seldom prosper…ask the Mensheviks, or Hugenberg’s “Conservatives” in post-1933 Germany…or for that matter Kerenski’I or Shapour Bakhtiar.
JFKY on February 28, 2013 at 10:43 AM
You’ll probably want to clean your keyboard and screen after that spittle-flecked tirade….
JFKY on February 28, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Hey Marco, STFD and STFU. What part of, Russia, whose president is a former hardline KGB officer, is very publicly and prominently supporting the Assad Regime and would have every legitimate and internationally legal justification for declaring your suggestion an ACT OF WAR against Russia is it that you are to stupid to understand?
SWalker on February 28, 2013 at 10:55 AM
You are making an argument to the man that would persuade a conservative. You might want to change tactics if you actually want Rubio to follow your advice.
astonerii on February 28, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Yes how well I remember the wars between Brezhnev and Johnso aftre Brezhnev sent ammunition to North Vietnam…and then the wars between brezhnev and Nixon after Soviet support for Egypt and Syria in 1973….
Why don’t YOU just SFTU and STFD, until you can make a coherent argument? Please note I oppose the idea too, but your “reasoning” is ludicrous….
JFKY on February 28, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Nope.
Ward Cleaver on February 28, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Marcobarack Rubiobama strikes again!
Pork-Chop on February 28, 2013 at 11:50 AM
I dont like his foreign policy though
Flapjackmaka on February 28, 2013 at 11:56 AM
This is what worries me about Rubio.
It is madness to support either side in the “Jihadist Thurderdome” that is the Syrian Civil War.
In fact the insane thing is Assad’s side is actually a little better, not saying much, but if are a Christian or a Woman in Syria who would rather win? The side that has allowed you live, not equally granted, or the side that has already told you they will impose Islamic Law and kill you.
William Eaton on February 28, 2013 at 12:34 PM
And Mars needs women!
Ward Cleaver on February 28, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Maybe DHS could send them a few hundred million of the billion + rounds they bought.
deepdiver on February 28, 2013 at 12:39 PM
Get a freaking clue Rubio..you supported the jihadists in Libya and look how well that worked..now you want to do the same in Syria??
sadsushi on February 28, 2013 at 9:48 PM