Some U.S. Senators Want President Obama To Aid Syrian Opposition

I am so tired of the delays and ‘rationalizations’ as to why there can not be a more forceful world-wide reaction to the slaughter that is taking place in Syria.  Everyone knows that it is in large part Russia that allows for the blood to continue flowing due to the assistance it provides to Syria.  The world knows it is China that can not find its moral compass to act in an appropriate way when dealing with this matter at the United Nations.

So I guess we should be pleased to some degree that a few members of the U.S. Senate can find the time to start to act.   Timidly….

A bipartisan group of senators will introduce a resolution Friday calling on the Obama administration to start providing direct material and technical assistance to the Syrian opposition.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs subcommittee, and committee member Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) are leading the charge on the resolution, which will be formally introduced Friday afternoon but was obtained in advance by The Cable. The resolution would set into writing that it is the sense of the Senate that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should leave power and that the United States should begin providing direct support to the opposition to make that happen.

“The Senate… urges the President to support an effective transition to democracy in Syria by identifying and providing substantial material and technical support, upon request, to Syrian organizations that are representative of the people of Syria, make demonstrable commitments to protect human rights and religious freedom, reject terrorism, cooperate with international counterterrorism and nonproliferation efforts, and abstain from destabilizing neighboring  countries.”