Unspecified US weapons for Syrian rebels, but no intervention to save Aleppo
Unspecified US weapons for Syrian rebels, but no intervention to save Aleppo.
The White House, in a second statement, said early Friday said the US would provide “direct military support” for the first time to the Syrian opposition after obtaining proof that the Syrian government had used the chemical weapon sarin against rebel forces. The nature of the package was not specified. The rebels responded to this apparent evasion with a demand for anti-aircraft and other advanced arms to save them from Syrian air bombardment. The first White House statement, eagerly awaited for months, amounted to a rejection by President Barack Obama of proposals to intervene to save Aleppo and Idlib from a defeat that would give Bashar Assad a decisive victory.
It followed a special consultation on Syria by the president and his national security team, necessitated by the need for drastic action to thwart the Syrian-Hizballah offensive to capture Aleppo, Syrian’s biggest city of more than 2 million..
Spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Thursday, June 13: “The president and every member of his national security team are greatly concerned by the terrible situation… and the worsening situation in Syria. As terrible as the situation is in Syria, he has to make decisions when it comes to policy toward Syria that are in the best interests of the United States.”
What Carney conveyed on behalf of the president was that while stopping the battle for Aleppo was crucially important in terms of the Syrian war, intervention was not in the interests of the United States.
Our sources learn that the US president even turned down a plan for a limited no-fly zone being imposed over the northwest city of Aleppo and the province of Idlib, the largest piece of territory still remaining in rebel hands. This plan entailed no more than 20 US and Turkish fighter bombers for preventing the Syrian air force from extending air support to the decisive Aleppo offensive launched by the Syrian army Monday as Operation Northern Storm.
Our military sources report that the Syrian and Hizballah armies need between one to two months to wrest from rebel hands the northwest town of Aleppo and Idlib province which abuts the Turkish border. While their conquest of Al Qusayr was a major regional victory, the fall of Aleppo and Idlib would make Bashar Assad the winner of the 28-month Syrian civil war, just when its death toll nears 100,000 according to official figures.
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WarSclerotic 
June 14, 2013 at 8:00 AM
Obama is paying back to Al Qaeda for Benghazi; this, Debka won’t tell or simply they didnt get it. Obama won’t help the jihadists to hold Aleppo. Let them sweat. Let also the Hezbollah and the iranians kill more of their muslim sunnis brethren in the name of Allah. The bigger the casualties will be in Aleppo, the worse Iranians position will be. ”Do you want war? A serious war? You get it.” That what the White House is telling both to the iranians and to the Al Qaeda. Obama will never forget what those boys tried- and did- to him in the eve of decisive elections. That is unforgettable, from Obama’s point of view. If the pity republicans and especially Romney would know how to exploit that Benghazi failure, may be a different President would sleep today in the White House. But that didnt happen, Obama survived that crisis ant the payback time is here.
And the future Battle of Aleppo? To tell the truth, we cannot see the Assad divisions and Hezbollah slaughtering tens of thousands, entering the city, parade there and be happy ever after. We dont think this is possible in 2013. There will be grave consequences in case that Assad will take the city or if he won’t succeed in doing that. The future Battle of Aleppo will shape the entire Middle East region for generations to come.
June 14, 2013 at 4:15 PM
Luis, I know you don’t live in the US, but I will believe until I’m in the grave that Obama stole the 2012 elections.
Romney’s rallies throughout the campaign were far bigger than Obama’s. Inflation and unemployment were (and still are) through the roof. The Supreme Court ruling approving Obamacare stunned and outraged most of us.
The only thing that would’ve led one to believe he would win in November were the massively skewed polls that led up to the massive vote fraud on election day.
June 14, 2013 at 12:10 PM
“Obama will never forget what those boys tried- and did- to him in the eve of decisive elections.”
Good thing that Mr. Obama has already forgotten the attempts of Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Adelson to influence the presidential elections.
June 14, 2013 at 12:29 PM
No, Obama didnt forget that either, but this is another subject.
By the way, if we are already bring here the elections subject, I wish a good election day to the iranian people and a wise election; they deserve better.
June 14, 2013 at 1:12 PM
Where does debka get this garbage from the opposites true,its going to escalate beyond all expectations over the next month usa has sent 400 aircraft distributed to different places in the middle east massive shipments of arms,assad and russia iran really have it coming now