Obama Moving Toward Sending Lethal Arms To Syrian Rebels, Officials Say -- Washington Post
President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive U.S. leadership among allies and partners seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, according to senior administration officials.
The officials emphasized that supplying arms is one of several options under consideration and that political negotiation remains the preferred option. To that end, the administration has launched an effort to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin that the probable use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government — and the more direct outside intervention that could provoke — should lead him to reconsider his support of Assad.
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Update: Report: Obama Close to Sending Arms to Syria -- Military.com
My Comment: Another war to get involved in. And as so typical of today's Washington .... no debate, no discussion, no public involvement.