More weapons in Syria could trigger 'all-out war'

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Turkish soldiers take strategic position at the Akcakale border gate in southern Sanliurfa province on Sunday.  By Jim Maceda, NBC NewsNews Analysis

SANLIURFA, Turkey – Monday was another day of cross-border violence and rising tension between Syria and Turkey.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld It was also a day when Gov. Mitt Romney pledged that, if elected president, he’d change the course of events here.

Among other things, he wants to green-light heavy weapons to the Syrian rebels “who share our values” in order to “defeat the tanks, helicopters and fighter jets” of the Bashar Assad regime.

For its part, the Obama administration says it has refrained from supplying the rebels with weapons out of concern that they could end up in terrorist hands.

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