Kerry: "Arab countries offering to bear the cost of 'FULL SCALE' Syria war."

Kerry: "Arab countries offering to bear the cost of 'FULL SCALE' Syria war."(HD).

Arab nations have offered to help pay for any U.S. military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Sept. 4 as he sought support for missile strikes.

While Kerry was appearing before the House Foreign Affairs committee, a group of activists held up their painted hands to protest President Barack Obama's initiative to strike Syria.

Kerry was trying to persuade lawmakers to approve limited military strikes on the second day of the administration's blitz on Capitol hill.

But in a sign of the depth of opposition involvement in Syria, anti-war demonstrators held up red-stained hands behind Kerry's head in a silent protest during his testimony.

"With respect to Arab countries offering to bear the cost and to assist, the answer is profoundly yes, they have. That offer is on the table," Kerry said.

The offer was "quite significant," he said. "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 to this." But he stressed: "Obviously, that is not in the cards and nobody is talking about it, but they are talking about taking seriously getting this job done." Hmmmm.....So the US army is now for rent?Do they offer 'rebates'as well?