President Barack Obama, under pressure from some lawmakers for greater U.S. backing for Syria's opposition, asked Congress Thursday for $500 million to train and
arm vetted members of the Syrian opposition 
, as the United States considers options to stem an ongoing civil war that has also seeped into neighboring Iraq.
The military training program would deepen the Obama administration's involvement in the more than three-year conflict between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. If approved by Congress, the program would supplement a covert train-and-assistance program run by U.S. intelligence agencies.
Obama has been under strong pressure from some lawmakers, such as Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, to increase assistance to the rebels in Syria's conflict.
Deja Vu. Mental patient McCain is back at it again trying to arm and train the same types that are now causing all the shit in Iraq. That way, keep the terrorists in full gear and ammo to keep stirring up shit to make the case for the neocons wanting to go back into Iraq or where ever else in the future. And, it's all in plain sight.
The White House said the money would help defend the Syrian people, stabilize areas under opposition control, facilitate the provision of essential services, counter terrorist threats and promote conditions for a negotiated settlement.
"This funding request would build on the administration’s longstanding efforts to empower the moderate Syrian opposition, both civilian and armed, and will enable the Department of Defense to increase our support to vetted elements of the armed opposition," the White House said.
The Syria program is part of a broader $65.8 billion overseas operations request that the administration sent to Capitol Hill.
We send more money overseas than the total GDPs of multiple westernized countries. Glad to have Bitcoin in my life.
