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President Barack Obama said on Friday the chemical weapons attack in Syria threatened U.S. allies Israel, Turkey and Jordan and that while "nobody ends up being more war weary than me" he is considering a narrow, limited U.S. response.
Obama, speaking to reporters at a meeting he held with Baltic leaders, said the United States must be prepared to act unilaterally if necessary to uphold what he called an international norm against the use of chemical weapons as part of U.S. obligations as a world leader.
As he spoke, the U.S. intelligence community released a report that said an August 21 chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb killed 1,429 people, including at least 426 children.
Obama, in the position of trying to persuade Americans weary of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to accept another U.S. involvement, insisted any military action he takes on Syria will be narrow and limited and not an open-ended, long-term commitment, nor would it involve U.S. troops on the ground.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-syria-crisis-usa-obama-idUSBRE97T0WO20130830?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71&google_editors_picks=true
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Why not just come out and say that Israel has asked that we attack Syria for them?
Doesn't Saudi Arabia also want us to attack Syria? Why not say that Syria is giving our friends the heebie jeebies so we've decided to act on their behalf. Then when Russia acts on Syria's behalf we'll know why. Let's fight another proxy war, those have been such fun in the past.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Obama's face-saving missle strike is like pouring gasoline on a fire. That is what will cause the conflict to spread in the region.
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Except that it's an ally of the US, as are Turkey and Jordan.