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It has now become clear that after winning the first round in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, president Obama has crossed one significant bridge. This has raised his hopes to win Congressional approval for launching an attack on Syria. But it shocked many when testifying before the Committee, the Secretary of States; John Kerry disclosed that Arabs had offered to bear all costs associated with the attack. He informed the Committee that Arab nations (Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc.) have offered to help pay for any US military intervention in Syria. This was shocking particularly when, in effect, the role of the US has been reduced to a mere mercenary fighting for other nations at their cost.
He informed that the offer was on the table and the amount offered was quite significant. Arab nations Kerry was referring to, told the US that they would foot the bill if the United States was prepared to go do the whole thing the way it had done it previously in other places.
Desperation of Saudi Arabia and Company is quite understandable. But these nations fail to understand that the ultimate beneficiary of these strikes will not be them; it would be Israel who always considered Syria as a stumbling block. Some analysts have observed that Saudi Arabia has sold its soul to the devil to get rid of Assad regime in Syria.
It is not surprising though; Few years back when there was talk of Israel bombing Irans nuclear facilities, there were rumors that Saudi Arabia was willing to allow Israel use Saudi airspace.
Currently, the Syrian opposition fighting Assad regime is composed of elements of al Qaeda funded by Saudis and armed by the US. They want to overthrow liberal and Shia Assad regime to replace with hardline Sunnis a la Saudi Arabia. The incidental effect of regime change would be total isolation of Iran in the region who has ambitions to expand Shia sphere of influence through Syria. Ruling Assad regime is of Alawite Shia variety generally in minority in Syria whereas Sunnis are in majority.
Washington has led charges that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unleashed sarin gas on August 21 against the residents of a Damascus suburb killing what a US intelligence report said was some 1,400 people. President Barack Obama has insisted that Assad's regime has crossed a red line against the use of such horrific weapons and should be punished and his military capability degraded.
There are anti-war demonstrations with Russia openly threatening to jump in if the US attacked Syria. President Obama has so far avoided enlisting the support of UN Security Council fearing the move would be blocked by two permanent members, Russia and China. But in a sign of the depth of opposition involvement in Syria, anti-war demonstrators held up red-stained hands behind Kerry's head in a silent protest during his testimony.
US Syria Strike: Arabs offer to pay all costs
He informed that the offer was on the table and the amount offered was quite significant. Arab nations Kerry was referring to, told the US that they would foot the bill if the United States was prepared to go do the whole thing the way it had done it previously in other places.
Desperation of Saudi Arabia and Company is quite understandable. But these nations fail to understand that the ultimate beneficiary of these strikes will not be them; it would be Israel who always considered Syria as a stumbling block. Some analysts have observed that Saudi Arabia has sold its soul to the devil to get rid of Assad regime in Syria.
It is not surprising though; Few years back when there was talk of Israel bombing Irans nuclear facilities, there were rumors that Saudi Arabia was willing to allow Israel use Saudi airspace.
Currently, the Syrian opposition fighting Assad regime is composed of elements of al Qaeda funded by Saudis and armed by the US. They want to overthrow liberal and Shia Assad regime to replace with hardline Sunnis a la Saudi Arabia. The incidental effect of regime change would be total isolation of Iran in the region who has ambitions to expand Shia sphere of influence through Syria. Ruling Assad regime is of Alawite Shia variety generally in minority in Syria whereas Sunnis are in majority.
Washington has led charges that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unleashed sarin gas on August 21 against the residents of a Damascus suburb killing what a US intelligence report said was some 1,400 people. President Barack Obama has insisted that Assad's regime has crossed a red line against the use of such horrific weapons and should be punished and his military capability degraded.
There are anti-war demonstrations with Russia openly threatening to jump in if the US attacked Syria. President Obama has so far avoided enlisting the support of UN Security Council fearing the move would be blocked by two permanent members, Russia and China. But in a sign of the depth of opposition involvement in Syria, anti-war demonstrators held up red-stained hands behind Kerry's head in a silent protest during his testimony.
US Syria Strike: Arabs offer to pay all costs
