Today I voted against the Presidents plan to arm and train Syrian rebels. It is immoral to use the threat of a government shutdown to pressure Members to vote for involvement in war, much less a civil war on the other side of the globe. Because the Syrian resolution is contained within the Continuing Resolution, Representatives and Senators must tacitly approve the Presidents aggressive intervention in order to vote to fund all government programs. Also, it is disingenuous for the Administration to tell the American public that we are arming Syrian rebels to fight #ISIS when the Administrations stated objective is to topple the secular government of Syria, a government which has not committed aggression against the United States. If the goal of arming and training so-called moderate Syrian rebels is to eliminate ISIS, the plan will not work. Military experts know this, and the President acknowledged as much five weeks ago when he stated that the idea that arming rebels would have made a difference has always been a fantasy. SHARE if you agree! massieforms.house.gov/news/email/show.aspx?ID=LZD7UYKJCYH4XT6RU32JWA3DS4
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:03:52 +0000
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