Following strong hints by Obama in recent weeks, the White House said it intends to "ramp up US support to the moderate Syrian opposition".
Comment: So, having already trained and armed Syrian rebels like ISIS, who are wreaking havoc in Iraq,Obama wants to send more money and weapons to Syrian rebels, only this time he wants to send it to "moderate" rebels. Which people does this sort of nonsense fool?
It proposed the funding for "vetted elements of the Syrian armed opposition, to help defend the Syrian people, stabilise areas under opposition control, facilitate the provision of essential services, counter terrorist threats and promote conditions for a negotiated settlement".
Comment: And whats more he wants to do it to "defend the Syrian people". He clearly is ignoring the fact that the Syrian people overwhelmingly re-elected President Bashar in an election a few short weeks ago. The Syrian people need protecting from Obama's Syrian rebels, not from their democratically elected president.
The proposal was part of the $US65.8 billion overseas contingency operations request to Congress for fiscal year 2015, which begins on October 1.
Comment: The hypocrisy of John Kerry is amazing. He has the gall to call on Russia to force the Russian people living in eastern Ukraine to become "part of a legitimate process", while he supports a regime that seized power in a US backed coup - hardly a legitimate process.