THE HILL: White House press secretary Jay Carney on Friday defended President Obama’s decision to overrule members of his Cabinet on arming rebel forces in Syria…
“We have to be very careful. We don’t want any weapons to fall into the wrong hands and potentially further endanger the Syrian people, our ally Israel, or the United Sates,” Carney said. “We also need to make sure that any support we are providing actually makes a difference in pressuring Assad. I think it’s widely viewed that a lack of weapons is not the problem in Syria right now.”
Defense hawks in Congress have blasted the White House as standing idly by as rebel forces have been slaughtered in Syria’s civil war. But Carney said additional firepower would not end the conflict… (more)
