Thursday 15 March 2012

Senior Republican senator: Syrian revolution not really about 'democracy'!

Via FLC

"... "In the classified briefings I've had, I don't get the sense at all that this is about democracy, OK? This is not some sort of George Washington thing we're watching," he said, drawing a distinction between the Syrian uprising and the American revolution.
"This is not the same kind of thing that's happening in Libya," he said. "It could shape up over time -- the opposition groups could come together and focus in a way they aren't doing right now... I'm just saying I don't think we know enough about what's happening internally or what the outcome would be if we helped the opposition groups. I don't think this is near to the place where the opposition was in Libya."
Corker's Tuesday comments are even more cautious than the Obama administration's current stance, ..."
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