To: The United States Senate
Stop the Senate from arming the Syrian rebels
VoteVets Action Fund
When the full U.S. Senate votes on whether or not to arm and train the Syrian rebels, I hope that you'll vote NO.
Why is this important?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 in favor of arming and training the Syrian rebels. This is a misguided and dangerous idea.
I helped to train the Iraqi Army during my second tour, and their concern is that many of the anti-Assad forces are the same terrorists they've fought before and who continue to target them.
If you don’t think this is serious, consider that Senator John McCain made a secret trip to meet with the anti-Assad forces, this past weekend, as he continues his efforts to arm them.
This is dangerous. As Senator Tom Udall noted, once we introduce weapons, we have zero control over them. The United States “could turn over the weapons we’re talking about and next day they end up in the hands of al-Qaida.”
Moreover, there is no winning scenario when we get involved in other nations’ civil wars and proxy wars.
On this point, Senator Chris Murphy said it best: “We have failed over and over again in our attempts to pull the strings of Middle Eastern politics.”
Let's not make the same mistake again.
I helped to train the Iraqi Army during my second tour, and their concern is that many of the anti-Assad forces are the same terrorists they've fought before and who continue to target them.
If you don’t think this is serious, consider that Senator John McCain made a secret trip to meet with the anti-Assad forces, this past weekend, as he continues his efforts to arm them.
This is dangerous. As Senator Tom Udall noted, once we introduce weapons, we have zero control over them. The United States “could turn over the weapons we’re talking about and next day they end up in the hands of al-Qaida.”
Moreover, there is no winning scenario when we get involved in other nations’ civil wars and proxy wars.
On this point, Senator Chris Murphy said it best: “We have failed over and over again in our attempts to pull the strings of Middle Eastern politics.”
Let's not make the same mistake again.