Wednesday, September 4, 2013

US SECRETARY OF STATE, FORMER CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN KERRY: ARABS WILL FINANCE OUR WAR

Secretary of State John Kerry said at Wednesday’s hearing that Arab counties have offered to pay for the entirety of unseating President Bashar al-Assad if the United States took the lead militarily. - Aaron Blake/Washington Post

“With respect to Arab countries offering to bear costs and to assess, the answer is profoundly yes,” Kerry said. “They have. That offer is on the table.”

Asked by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) about how much those countries would contribute, Kerry said they have offered to pay for all of a full invasion....