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FNC Middle East expert Walid Phares on Syria’s request for aid for the refugees from the country’s unrest.
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Now turning to the Middle East and Syria the United Nations wants one point five billion dollars to provide lifesaving aid.
-- to a million Syrian refugees the magnitude of this humanitarian crisis is indisputable.
But how into -- -- should this money new distributor with me now is -- parents fox news's Middle East expert welcome back to the show.
Thank you you know we look at the video of everything that's going on there and especially you see the horrifying pictures of kids crying and running and you know that there -- so many people that need help.
And need food.
And you -- -- do something but it's very difficult to figure Howell you know especially when you have a regime that's intentionally blowing -- bakeries and delivery trucks what do you think how do we get this done and or and should we.
Well there's a first of all -- should week we have we need to options and let's -- money here really in addition to strategy.
If the option is we want to spend high and finish the crisis quick.
Then we're gonna organize a intervention as in Libya -- allies that could basically at -- food to a change in Syria the problem.
Is that the Iranians may intervene and you may find ourselves spending even more to contain the Iran and so the other option that probably the Obama efficient look at that.
Is to play it low spend some money on the opposition and but through the United Nations as you just mentioned spend significant amount that would be one to two.
Billion dollars on sustaining viability of the refugees and -- -- -- number of of one million at this point in time.
But who we give that money to in order to get in there -- -- because it's not as simple as showing up and hitting -- read to children which is what we would like to do but it doesn't work like that.
So how do you do -- to get it the right people it and and could you empower for.
By handing them the money -- the bread to give out to the people.
Absolutely need time -- to -- its cool so -- -- is absolutely right.
But before that we cannot actually send at this stage it is directly to the Syrian people as long as there was a similar warning we cannot give it to the Assad regime there's no doubt about that and second guess -- -- would only send it to his own people so.
We -- for countries surrounding Syria -- have Turkey to the north many refugees are there in Iraq to ease some refugees in Jordan has.
100000 or more refugees and Lebanon as well have significant number of refugees so the idea here.
Is to make sure that the organization isn't gonna work -- -- United Nations and people on the ground would be non government organizations NGOs that are not controlled by the radicals and this is why.
If we give that -- tool radicals controlling organizations that would be the heroes and they would be the -- to.
Do you know Leeds city and the future and -- the Contra productive for us -- have to be very careful about who descend to eight that it.
So -- designate organization exists liking going there on the ground and hand out the -- because.
You -- one point five billion dollars even at the new inflated price of bread in Syria right now.
Would provide bread for a whole entire year for all of the million refugees that are out there.
But he's add one more thing here we have enough -- enough money to buy enough bread for one year for all refugees.
But that's now what if there would be an escalation of violence and and Syria and the going to be another million that's very possible if that's that is.
This loss from Damascus goes to another area and Syria at the Iran is intervene if Hezbollah and -- Certain very difficult to crunch those numbers the bottom line is that the United Nations must identify.
The right people before sending that -- To say otherwise are gonna have another problem.
Few years from now.
Do you know why people are doing is they're willing -- -- right -- we haven't solved -- We know we don't have that mean we have the same problem in Egypt we buy it with the Muslim Brotherhood and we can realize that half of Egypt is -- he's -- We have to be very careful have a task force on Syria as soon as we can't.
Okay -- you thank you so much we appreciate your time is always another.
