I generally think of mercenaries as a bit sleazy, so I definitely don't want the United States to assume that role

At that hearing today, Secretary Global Test - fully let in the irony of the fact that this is the guy who, at  one of the 2004 presidential debates said that America should have to pass a "global test" to defend its vital interest - says that a coalition of Arab nations was willing to completely foot the bill for a full-on invasion of Syria if the US led it.