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Kerry: Time is not right for US move against Syria | ||||
2012-03-09 | ||||
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry said Thursday the violent crackdown by Bashar Assad's regime in Syria should not be tolerated, but the world must respond "in a responsible way", Associated Press reported.
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a separate interview that the decision by Russia and China is "costing them mightily" in terms of reputations in the international community. "We're all outraged" by what's happening in Syria, she said. But Rice said the distinction between the situation in Syria and in Libya is that "there's not the clear-cut unified opposition (in Syria) that controls a clear piece of territory." In an interview on MSBNC, Rice said the United States is trying "to ramp up, to the extent possible, economic pressure on President Assad." "The best answer to this is not more arms. It's not air strikes against a very complex and capable air defense," she said, adding that "we don't think it's appropriate to put American boots on the ground." | ||||
Posted by:Steve White |
#9 More ... ... * WAFF > [US] CONGRESS NO LONGER NEEDED WHEN DECIDING ON [unilateral = POTUS Admin-led] MILITARY ACTION | [YouTube] OBAMA ADMIN CITES INTERNATIONAL PERMISSION, NOT CONGRESS, FOR SYRIA INTERVENTION. * SAME > [CNN] OFFICIAL: PANETTA MIS-INTERPETED ON [needing Foreign]"PERMISSION" FOR SYRIA INTERVENTION. Ah yes, "Globalism"??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-09 21:02 |
#8 As per results of FOX NEWS PANEL POLL this Guam AM = 82% of Americans surveyed are against any unilateral US Mil Action in Syria. Ditto majority percentage as per any unilateral US war agz IRAN. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-09 20:25 |
#7 Kerry says stuff like this so when the US does get involved and it goes bad he can say "see I told you so". By the way shouldn't he be filling up single size ketchup packs for his wife instead of commenting on Syria? |
Posted by: Airandee 2012-03-09 18:43 |
#6 Quick, unleash a bunch of Free Syria bumperstickers! Just like the Free Tibet movement it will peacefully force a transfer of political power within a few generations. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-03-09 14:44 |
#5 Because Syria has stronger defenses, not because the cause is any less just if not more so? It's not because our soldiers are too dumb to figure it out is it jawn? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-03-09 14:16 |
#4 Uh, RJ the Goracle discovered the internet |
Posted by: Beavis 2012-03-09 12:31 |
#3 Kerry (Who founded the Internet) is wrong so much I no longer listen. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-03-09 12:09 |
#2 "We're all outraged" by what's happening in Syria, she said. But Rice said the distinction between the situation in Syria and in Libya is that "there's not the clear-cut unified opposition (in Syria) that controls a clear piece of territory." Translation: We're rightsizing and no longer need our NATO partners in Afghanistan. Outcomes in Lybia had left a very bad aftertaste as well. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-09 04:35 |
#1 Not for IRAN either??? * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [POTUS Candidates]REPUBLICANS CLASH WID OBAMA ON IRAN RESPONSE. Ironically, given how the 2012 GOP Candidates as portrayed as "pro-War" as per Iran, its in Iran's interest to ensure that the Bammer gets re-elected. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-09 01:43 |