Posted on 04/27/2013 3:52:07 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
U.S. President Barack Obama repeated on Friday his past assertions that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a line and produce an American response.
At the same time, he indicated that he was not yet 100% certain that the findings by U.S. intelligence agencies are an indication that such weapons had indeed been used.
“Knowing that there’s chemical weapons in Syria doesn’t tell us when they were used or how they were used,” Obama told reporters before a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan which focused on Syria.
“We ourselves will be putting a lot of resources on this.”
Asked about a timeline, Obama added, “This is going to be a long-term proposition, not something we could solve easily one night.”
“To use weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations crosses another line in terms of international norms and laws,” he said. “That’s going to be a game changer.”
“For the Syrian government to use chemical weapons on its people will change my calculus,” he added. “This is not an on and off switch. It’s an ongoing challenge that all of us have to work with.”
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Thanks, D.
w, ping....
If that happens, Obama will respond by giving them a stern talking to.
If that doesn't work, he may even call them names, but that is a worst case scenario and is unlikely to occur.
You shouldn’t care at all. The only good Muslim is a room temperature Muslim.
Never quite understood why we’re supposed to be massively more outraged by people killing others with chemicals as opposed to high-speed lead or shrapnel fragments. Or blunt objects or edged weapons, for that matter.
They’re every bit as dead regardless of method.
We ought to be more outraged depending on whether the victims deserved to be killed, not by the methods used.
If a MOAB isn’t a “weapon of mass destruction,” I’m not sure what would be.
The only action you’re gonna get out of Obozo is another round of golf while they reload his teleprompter so he can run his mouth some more.
All the peanut-brain did was sputter into oblivion.
Somebody wants the U.S. in Syria badly, Zippy has to invent his “Gulf of Tonkin” incident to get us involved.
No wonder Iran is laughing at him while they continue to build the A-bomb! N Korea laughed at Obama when he told them to stop building the A-bomb, then proceeded to fire off several ballistic missiles!
What a joke of the first order!
Crying “wolf?” Pathetic community organizer.
Only this time he said, “Please don’t use them again”....
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