Cheney Says Obama Decision to Arm Syrian Rebels May Be Too Late

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President Barack Obama’s decision to send weapons and ammunition to the Syrian opposition may have come too late in the two-year civil war, former Vice President Dick Cheney said.

“You had an opportunity earlier to provide support without having to get American forces directly involved,” Cheney said on the “Fox News Sunday” television program. “And they took a pass. Now they are going to do it, but the question is whether or not they are a day late and a dollar short.”