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John Kerry: US 'Paid a Price' for Not Enforcing Obama's 'Red Line' in Syria
Fox News ^ | 09/03/18 | Fox News Insider

Posted on 09/04/2018 3:12:00 AM PDT by JonnyFive

Former Secretary of State John Kerry said former President Barack Obama should have followed through on his infamous "red line" warning to Syria, and the United States "paid a price" as a result of Obama's inaction.

Obama vowed in 2012 that if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime used chemical weapons on civilians, it would be a "game changer" for U.S. military involvement in Syria.

But Obama failed to enforce the promise a year later when hundreds of Syrians were killed in a sarin gas attack, and he instead brokered a multi-nation deal in which Assad pledged to remove his chemical weapons stockpile.

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To: airborne

Remember when obama had a “beer summit”.
That was already above his pay grade.


21 posted on 09/04/2018 6:18:36 AM PDT by Leep
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USA paid a hell of a price for electing bammy....a fraud of the first order. And we are paying a price for your stupidity with Iran and others....


22 posted on 09/04/2018 6:27:53 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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Well, that sounds like a hell of a pinpoint operation, John.

23 posted on 09/06/2018 7:38:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Kerry distancing himself from Obama so he can run again in 2020.


24 posted on 09/06/2018 7:39:57 AM PDT by kabar
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25 posted on 09/06/2018 7:49:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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