More Weapons In Syria Could Trigger 'All-Out War' -- NBC
SANLIURFA, Turkey – Monday was another day of cross-border violence and rising tension between Syria and Turkey.
It was also a day when Gov. Mitt Romney pledged that, if elected president, he’d change the course of events here.
Among other things, he wants to green-light heavy weapons to the Syrian rebels “who share our values” in order to “defeat the tanks, helicopters and fighter jets” of the Bashar Assad regime.
For its part, the Obama administration says it has refrained from supplying the rebels with weapons out of concern that they could end up in terrorist hands.
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My Comment: Everyone is on the same page when it comes to the dangers of Syria's civil war escalating .... Panetta and, UN Secretary Ban being two of the latest to express these concerns. But .... wars have a tendency to grow on their own, and the Turkish president is right when he says that the "worst case" is now unfolding in Syria.
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