01/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Clearly, by any measurement, this tribe is not impoverished."
"If one of the Free Syrian Army is fighting against Bashar Assad, and he is attacking them from the air, would we take action to prevent them from being attacked by Bashar Assad?"
"Assad has lost all legitimacy to govern and has created the conditions that allowed ISIL and other terrorist groups to gain ground."
"That's a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire concept and motivation of the Free Syrian Army."