Obama: I have not yet made decision to strike Syria

[Star Wars]

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he had not yet made a decision on intervention in Syria, acknowledging that military engagement in the country would not stop the killing of innocent civilians, but stressing the need to deter the use of chemical weapons.

Obama said in a PBS Newshour interview that the US has already concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad was behind a chemical weapons attack last week that reportedly killed hundreds of people in the suburbs east of Damascus.

"We have looked at all the evidence, and we do not believe the opposition possessed chemical weapons of that sort. We do not believe that, given the delivery systems, using rockets, that the opposition could have carried out these attacks. We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out. And if that’s so, then there need to be international consequences."

Obama's comments came after the US had intimated that it was prepared to take action in Syria without UN approval, but its ally Britain was facing some internal dissent on the issue

Obama: I have not yet made decision to strike Syria | JPost | Israel News

 

[Tshering22]

He won't strike Syria directly. Maybe increase funding to FSA but it is doubtful right now.

 

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UNITED NATIONS, August 28 (Itar-Tass) – The Russian and Chinese officials walked out of the U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday, August 28, after U.S. Permanent Representative Samantha Power had called for an immediate action in Syria.
Western countries may, until the end of the day, submit to the Security Council a draft resolution that will give the green light to an armed operation in Syria.

BREAKING: Russia and China Walk Out of UN Security Council meeting on Syria – ITS ON! | InvestmentWatch

one has to wonder what was told at this meeting....

 

[Star Wars]

Walk out ? .....well damn.....how far will Russia and China go to protect its interests ...

 

[Panther 57]

He better does that, enough of global policing. Eye wash for the world and eye wash for their own people. Americans are pushed against wall due to adverse economic conditions and this character wants to screw them more.