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The U.S. may accept a United Nations Security Council resolution that stops short of authorizing military action for Syrian violations of a chemical-weapons deal, according to U.S. officials.
The move would overcome objections from Russia and contribute to talks in Geneva and New York on a Syrian disarmament accord. A resolution acceptable to the U.S. could impose other consequences for Syrian violations, including economic sanctions and a provision for the council to revisit military authorization, said the officials, who asked not to be identified in briefing reporters.
Such a resolution wouldnt foreclose unilateral U.S. military strikes, as President Barack Obama threatened after what he said was an Aug. 21 attack by the Syrian regime with the nerve agent sarin that killed more than 1,400 people, including more than 400 children, outside of Damascus.
The use of chemical weapons that we saw in Syria was a criminal act Obama said today. It is absolutely important for the international community to respond in not only deterring repeated use of chemical weapons but hopefully getting those chemical weapons outside of Syria.
An agreement on securing and destroying Syrias chemical weapons must be verifiable and enforceable, Obama said, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reported constructive conversations in Geneva with his Russian counterpart.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-13/obama-sets-requirements-for-syria-deal-with-russia.html
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)If Assad does not live up to his obligations, the matter can be revisited....
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)Bush argued it enabled force. Just saying, I think this president will respect a Chapter 6 resolution.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)I have a good feeling Obama will ultimately reach his goal of dismantling Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.
The is great news for everyone in the Middle East as Syria has the 3rd largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world.
Diplomacy is working.
BelgianMadCow
(5,379 posts)but we remain with the condition Assad put up: for the US to stop arming rebels, whilst the contrary is happening (and has been, since 2006, reading and old Seymour Hersch article).
ConcernedCanuk
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Update me please -
Have we any definitive proof yet chemical weapons were used?
Have we any proof of WHO used them?
Did I miss something?
CC