SecState John Kerry said [3] at today's congressional hearing that Arab counties have offered to pay for regime change in Syria:
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.
The "Arabs" Kerry alludes to are Saudis [4] (and see this [5]) and Qataris [6] (and here [7]).
Why are the Saudis and Qataris so keen to topple Syria's Assad? Natural gas [8], Islamic sectarian warfare [9] (and here) [10] ... and perhaps preserving the monetary status quo [11].
Postscript: The Saudis are heavily involved [12] with backing terrorists for cynical reasons. The Syrian "rebels" are closely connected with Al Qaeda [13]. A good fit. Bonus:
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2 Congress Members: We Shouldn’t Be “Al Qaeda’s Air Force” [13]
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I Didn’t Join the Military to … [14]
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Kerry: We Have to Send Terrorists Into Syria to Make Sure that Chemical Weapons Don’t Fall Into the Hands of Terrorists [15]
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Breathtaking U.S. Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons [16]
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Intelligence Officials Confirm that Intelligence Is Being Politicized to Justify War In Syria [17]