Syrian Rebels’ Facebook Video Clowns Obama’s Non-Lethal Aid -- Danger Room
With great fanfare, Secretary of State John Kerry announced last week that the Obama administration would finally provide direct aid to the Syrian opposition to aid its two-year struggle to oust dictator Bashar Assad. That aid stops well short of any weaponry or military training. Some anti-Assad Syrians on Facebook can do little but laugh.
In the video above, posted to a Syrian Facebook page on Tuesday, water bottles, chairs and what looks like a spray tub of hand sanitizer double as guns and artillery against a momentarily imaginary foe. Sound effects make the basic point. Syrian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj tweeted his rendition of an inflatable, SpongeBob-esque tank with a plunger on the turret, “From EU & USA to The Syrian People.” Gallows humor, to be sure. (Hat tip: Danger Room pal Matt Fanning.)
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My Comment: U.S. Secretary Of State Kerry's offer of providing a few million dollars in humanitarian aid has clearly not impressed the Syrian opposition.
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