Testifying about the proposed attack on Syria before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 4, Secretary of State John Kerry said, "With respect to Arab countries offering to bear costs and to assess, the answer is profoundly yes. They have. That offer is on the table. ... In fact, some of them have said that if the United States is prepared to go do the whole thing the way we've done it previously in other places, they'll carry that cost.  That's how dedicated they are at this.  That's not in the cards, and nobody's talking about it, but they're talking in serious ways about getting this done." Arabs will "carry that cost."  Let's see -- that means Arabs with money.  Which is to say, oil.  Which means the Arabian peninsula: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait.  Almost completely Sunni lands. So the Obama administration wants to risk starting World War III with a "shot across the bow" to Syria's al-Assad, dictator of an Alawite...(Read Full Post)