US pledges to double Syrian aid to $250M, rebels want more

April 21, 2013, Associated Press

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/21/us-doubles-aid-to-syrian-rebels-who-want-more/

The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to enhance and expand their backing of the two-year battle to oust President Bashar Assad's regime.

Yet the pledge fell far short of what the opposition had made clear it wanted: weapons and direct military intervention to stop the violence that has killed more than 70,000 people. The Syrian National Coalition had sought drone strikes on sites from which the regime has fired missiles, the imposition of no-fly zones and protected humanitarian corridors to ensure the safety of civilians.

The Obama administration's pledged to provide an additional $123 million in aid, which may include for the first time armored vehicles, body armor, night vision goggles and other defensive military supplies.

The additional aid, which brings total non-lethal U.S. assistance to the opposition to $250 million since the fighting began, "underscores the United States' firm support for a political solution to the crisis in Syria and for the opposition's advancement of an inclusive, tolerant vision for a post-Assad Syria," he said.

Common Sense Review

Here in America, we are fighting a war against rebels who want to kill us and our way of life.  Yet we fight our govt to keep us safe by funding border patrol, enforcing our laws and freeing the American citizens by supporting their rights to defend themselves. 

In this time of the American govt in debt up to their eye brows, they borrow money to give to another country to fight against their rebel populous.

We need to stabilize our country before we donate to another country…