Check this out Grant.....
Rebels dismayed over US statement on Syrian conflict.....
The rebels, who are battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, are specifically reacting to statements from State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. On Thursday she said Washington is “deeply concerned” about the threat of potential massacres in Aleppo, but that the United States will not assist in the supply of arms to the opposition.
Rebels say that 100 armored vehicles have already been sent to attack the city of 3 million people. Aleppo is already surrounded and strafed by jet and helicopters.....snip~
Rebels dismayed over US statement on Syrian conflict - World News
Syrian rebel chief pleads for weapons.....
BEIRUT (AP) — The chief of Syrian rebel forces said Friday that his fighters are in "desperate" need of weapons and ammunition rather than the food supplies and bandages that the U.S. now plans to provide.
The Obama administration on Thursday announced it was giving an additional $60 million in assistance to the country's political opposition and said that it would, for the first time, provide non-lethal aid directly to rebels battling to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Gen. Salim Idris, chief of staff of the Syrian opposition's Supreme Military Council,
said the modest package of aid to rebels — consisting of an undetermined amount of food rations and medical supplies — will not help them win against Assad's forces who have superior air power.
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We don't want food and drink and we don't want bandages. When we're wounded, we want to die. The only thing we want is weapons," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.....snip~
Syrian rebel chief pleads for weapons - Yahoo! News
Quite the Unappreciative Lames they are.....huh? Modest package with the Suad and Qataris upping over 300 million to their azzes. Not counting anybody else.