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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Harkin Statement on Syria. Evidence circumstantial. Must wait for these results of UN team
Senator Harkin > Press > Releases
September 1, 2013
Harkin Statement on Syria
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement in response to President Obamas announcement that he will ask Congress to authorize military force in Syria.
I have just attended a classified Congressional briefing on Syria that quite frankly raised more questions than it answered. I found the evidence presented by Administration officials to be circumstantial. The atrocious use of chemical weapons against civilian is an affront to human values and a violation of international law. It should be condemned by the international community as a whole.
The coming debate in Congress will hopefully shine the light on outstanding questions -- as will the results of the U.N. inspection team. We must wait for these results before any action is taken. What I hear from Iowans is that the Middle East has a complex history and the conflicts there will not be solved by U.S. military action alone. We should not rush into what may become a new open-ended war without broad international backing or a full understanding of the ramifications.
http://www.harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=345625
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Senator Harkin Statement on Syria. Evidence circumstantial. Must wait for these results of UN team (Original Post)
Catherina
Sep 2013
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senseandsensibility
(17,066 posts)1. I trust Tom Harkin.
Thank you for speaking out, Senator.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)2. A voice of reason "I found the evidence presented by Administration officials to be circumstantial."
progressoid
(49,991 posts)3. Rec
tecelote
(5,122 posts)4. Plus, why is no one talking about the UN?
Before Bush, the UN was on the side of good.