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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 948214" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><u><span style="color: #0066cc">The Cable)</span></u> — The Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in Syria for the first time, marking a shift in U.S. policy toward a more aggressive plan to help oust President Bashar al-Assa</p><p>d.Last week, a group of senior Obama administration officials met to finalize a package of options for aiding both the internal and external Syrian opposition, to include providing direct humanitarian and communications assistance to the Syrian opposition, two administration officials confirmed to The Cable. This meeting of what’s known as the Deputies Committee of the National Security Council set forth a new and assertive strategy for expanding U.S. engagement with Syrian activists and providing them with the means to organize themselves, but stops short of providing any direct military assistance to the armed opposition.</p><p></p><p>For now, riskier options, such as creating a no-fly zone in Syria, using U.S. military force there, or engaging directly with the Free Syrian Army, are all still off the table. <strong>But the administration has decided not to oppose, either in public or in private, the arming of the rebels by other countries</strong>, the officials said.</p><p></p><p><strong>“These moves are going to invest the U.S. in a much deeper sense with the opposition,” one administration official said</strong>. “U.S. policy is now aligned with enabling the opposition to overthrow the Assad regime. This codifies a significant change in our Syria policy.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 948214, member: 1246"] [U][COLOR=#0066cc]The Cable)[/COLOR][/U] — The Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in Syria for the first time, marking a shift in U.S. policy toward a more aggressive plan to help oust President Bashar al-Assa d.Last week, a group of senior Obama administration officials met to finalize a package of options for aiding both the internal and external Syrian opposition, to include providing direct humanitarian and communications assistance to the Syrian opposition, two administration officials confirmed to The Cable. This meeting of what’s known as the Deputies Committee of the National Security Council set forth a new and assertive strategy for expanding U.S. engagement with Syrian activists and providing them with the means to organize themselves, but stops short of providing any direct military assistance to the armed opposition. For now, riskier options, such as creating a no-fly zone in Syria, using U.S. military force there, or engaging directly with the Free Syrian Army, are all still off the table. [B]But the administration has decided not to oppose, either in public or in private, the arming of the rebels by other countries[/B], the officials said. [B]“These moves are going to invest the U.S. in a much deeper sense with the opposition,” one administration official said[/B]. “U.S. policy is now aligned with enabling the opposition to overthrow the Assad regime. This codifies a significant change in our Syria policy.” [/QUOTE]
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