Stay Out of the Syrian Quagmire

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Congressional leaders are quietly clearing the way for President Obama to begin overtly arming the so-called Syrian “rebels.” Despite the very real dangers, this is happening with essentially no public debate.

Syria is the ultimate quagmire. Its government is killing innocent civilians every day, but so are the Islamists who will inevitably get our lethal weapons – even if we are promised they’ll only go to the several hundred, ostensibly secular officers of the Free Syrian Army.

Let’s not kid ourselves. Picking sides in this fight between Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda and other Sunni extremists on the one hand and Iran and Hezbollah’s team will embroil us in a conflict whose winner will be our enemy, either way. We need our representatives in Congress to debate this idea, not rubber-stamp it.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedom.org.