Rigs11
02-19-2012, 09:56 PM
..in syria.this after bashing Obama for Libya.
Conservatives urge 'immediate' U.S. action on Syria
By Joe Sterling, CNN
Prominent U.S. conservatives want the Obama administration to "take immediate action" against the Syrian regime, including "no-go zones" for President Bashar al-Assad's military and "self-defense aid" to resistance forces.
Fifty-six foreign policy experts and former U.S. government officials signed a letter dated Friday calling for proactive U.S.-led steps against the government. It comes as Syrian citizens and activists plead for world powers to help stop the government's bloody crackdown.
They include Karl Rove, the former Bush administration adviser; Paul Bremer, in charge of the U.S. occupation in Iraq after the 2003 invasion; R. James Woolsey, former CIA chief; Robert McFarlane, former Reagan national security adviser, and Dan Senor, a former Bremer adviser and spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
The letter can be found on the Foreign Policy Initiative website.
"We believe that the United States cannot continue to defer its strategic and moral responsibilities in Syria to regional actors such as the Arab League or to wait for consent from the Assad regime's protectors, Russia and China," the letter said.
Russia and China have vetoed strong action against the al-Assad regime at the U.N. Security Council.
The letter calls for Syrian safe zones and no-go zones for al-Assad's forces around "Homs, Idlib, and other threatened areas, in order to protect Syrian civilians."
"The United States should work with like-minded countries like Turkey and members of the Arab League in these efforts," the letter said.
The group wants to "establish contacts" with the Free Syrian Army, the fledgling resistance force of military defectors. It called for a "full range of direct assistance, including self-defense aid to the FSA" and wants to do so with Middle East and European allies.
The letter calls for improving "U.S. coordination with the political opposition groups" and to "provide them with secure communications technologies and other assistance that will help to improve their ability to prepare for a post-Assad Syria."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/politics/syria-conservatives-letter/index.html
Conservatives urge 'immediate' U.S. action on Syria
By Joe Sterling, CNN
Prominent U.S. conservatives want the Obama administration to "take immediate action" against the Syrian regime, including "no-go zones" for President Bashar al-Assad's military and "self-defense aid" to resistance forces.
Fifty-six foreign policy experts and former U.S. government officials signed a letter dated Friday calling for proactive U.S.-led steps against the government. It comes as Syrian citizens and activists plead for world powers to help stop the government's bloody crackdown.
They include Karl Rove, the former Bush administration adviser; Paul Bremer, in charge of the U.S. occupation in Iraq after the 2003 invasion; R. James Woolsey, former CIA chief; Robert McFarlane, former Reagan national security adviser, and Dan Senor, a former Bremer adviser and spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
The letter can be found on the Foreign Policy Initiative website.
"We believe that the United States cannot continue to defer its strategic and moral responsibilities in Syria to regional actors such as the Arab League or to wait for consent from the Assad regime's protectors, Russia and China," the letter said.
Russia and China have vetoed strong action against the al-Assad regime at the U.N. Security Council.
The letter calls for Syrian safe zones and no-go zones for al-Assad's forces around "Homs, Idlib, and other threatened areas, in order to protect Syrian civilians."
"The United States should work with like-minded countries like Turkey and members of the Arab League in these efforts," the letter said.
The group wants to "establish contacts" with the Free Syrian Army, the fledgling resistance force of military defectors. It called for a "full range of direct assistance, including self-defense aid to the FSA" and wants to do so with Middle East and European allies.
The letter calls for improving "U.S. coordination with the political opposition groups" and to "provide them with secure communications technologies and other assistance that will help to improve their ability to prepare for a post-Assad Syria."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/politics/syria-conservatives-letter/index.html