\nbipartisan support among US politicians for arming the
\nrebels.<\/span><\/p>\n
It remains uncertain if the full Senate will vote on the
\nlegislation that calls to \u201cprovide defense articles, defense
\nservices, and military training\u201d<\/i> directly to the opposition on
\nthe ground Syria who \u201chave been properly and fully vetted and
\nshare common values and interests with the United States.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that this resolution, this bill will gain
\ntraction in the House of Representatives, and if it does we will
\nhave to wait and see if Mr. Obama signs this bill,\u201d<\/i> historian
\nGerald Horne told RT.<\/p>\n
Horne believes that the Israeli lobby in Washington might sway
\nUS politicians including President Obama.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Israeli lobby in particular has been quite energetic and
\nquite active in regard of lobbying for aid to the rebels, which is
\nquite curious since if these rebels come to power, I dare say that
\nIsrael will have many sleepless nights,\u201d<\/i> Horne says.<\/p>\n
The language of the proposed legislature is vague but it
\nsuggests the sale of small arms but specifies that \u201cno
\nanti-aircraft defensive systems\u201d<\/i> would be provided.<\/p>\n
Despite fear that sending arms to the rebels might backfire if
\nal-Qaeda linked cells get a hold of them, US lawmakers are adamant
\nthat weapons will be supplied to those groups \u201ccommitted to
\nrejecting terrorism and extremist ideologies.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky has voted against the bill,
\nwarning \u201cYou will be funding today the allies of al Qaeda,\u201d<\/i>
\nPaul said adding \u201cIt is an irony you cannot overcome,\u201d<\/i>
\nquotes the Washington Times.<\/p>\n
New Jersey democrat and co-author of the bill, Senator Robert In the meantime, US Secretary of State John Kerry is on a If the bill is to be adopted it Russia in the past has argued Russia has repeatedly said that its stance on Syria arises from \u201cInternational law does not permit the supply of arms to The latest vote Horne argues \u201cwill hamper diplomacy efforts At the Friends of Syria meeting in Amman,
\nMenenedez addressed such concerns and stressed that the proposed
\nbill has in place a \u201ctough vetting mechanism\u201d<\/i> to prevent
\nterrorist from obtaining US arms. “Vital national
\ninterests are at stake and we cannot watch from the sidelines,”<\/i>
\nMenenedez concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nmission to Jordan to meet with representatives from 11 nations, as
\npart of a US-Russian roadmap to end Syria’s violence.<\/p>\n
\nthat arming the rebels would contradict international law.<\/p>\n
\nits concern for the Syrian people rather than the fate of Assad and
\nthat his forced departure would make the situation worse. Moscow
\ninsists that only direct talks between parties involved in the
\nconflict \u2014 the government and the opposition \u2014 can help to resolve
\nthe ongoing crisis. It also criticized some players in the
\ninternational arena for providing support and arming Syrian
\nrebels.<\/p>\n
\nnon-governmental actors and our point of view is that it is a
\nviolation of international law,\u201d<\/i> Lavrov said in March.<\/p>\n
\nbut I don\u2019t think it will gut diplomacy efforts\u201d<\/i> because the
\nObama administration would like to reset with Moscow and then
\n\u201cpivot towards China.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
\nwhich backs the Syrian opposition, Kerry will try to build
\nconsensus for an international peace conference next month in
\nGeneva. The combined US-Russian effort want to bring together the
\nSyrian opposition and the government for talks on a new
\ntransitional authority.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"Reuters](\"http:\/\/rt.com\/files\/news\/1f\/27\/90\/00\/syria-rebels-1.jpg\")
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