Hawaii Political Info introduction: Hawaii Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, both Democrats, voted with the majority in favor of the measure. The vote was 78-22. Congresswomen Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard, also Democrats, voted against the measure in the House on Wednesday (273 yea, 156 nay).
MSNBC
By Aliyah Frumin
September 18, 2014
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky called the plan “ludicrous” on the Senate floor before the vote. “No one knows where these arms are going to wind up … We don’t even know who these groups are.” Paul — known for his non-interventionist approach — said “we need to stay the heck out of their civil war … It is their war and they need to fight it.”
The Senate on Thursday approved President Obama’s controversial proposal to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in effort to defeat the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Senators passed the legislation with 78 to 22 votes. It now goes to Obama to sign into law.
“I want to thank leaders in Congress for the speed and seriousness with which they approached this issue,” Obama said in brief remarks Thursday evening after the Senate vote.
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Links:
Congress Votes to Arm Syrian Rebels to Fight against ISIS [Hawaii Political Info] Sep 17, 2014
Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich: 8 Reasons Why Congress Should Vote No on Training and Funding Syrian Rebels [The Huffington Post] Sep 17, 2014
'Greater Israel': The Zionist Plan for the Middle East [Hawaii Political Info] Sep 8, 2013
General Wesley Clark: 7 Countries in 5 Years [Hawaii Political Info] Sep 8, 2013 (Clarifies U.S. involvement in the 'Greater Israel' plan)
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion [Bible Believers (Australia)] The Jewish plan for world domination over the goyim as laid out over 100 years ago. The Protocols are said by Jews to be a "forgery." Whoever wrote them was no ordinary human, or even ordinary genius.
