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White House says 14 additional countries have signed statement supporting international response to #Syria chemical weapons attack-@Reuters
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)and Poland.
leftstreet
(36,106 posts)Does the WH have an online poll for countries?
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Just curious.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)but not a military response that hasn't been prompted by a UN resolution.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)On Monday, the White House says 14 more states, including Germany, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Kosovo had added their names to the statement.
"The statement explicitly supports the efforts undertaken by the United States and other countries to reinforce the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons," the White House said.
However, the document does not make any explicit mention of the use of military force, which US President Barack Obama has threatened against the Assad regime.
"We call for a strong international response to this grave violation of the world's rules and conscience that will send a clear message that this kind of atrocity can never be repeated," the statement reads.
"Those who perpetrated these crimes must be held accountable."
Other nations revealed as signing the document on Monday were Albania, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Honduras, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Sep-09/230616-white-house-says-14-more-countries-sign-statement-on-syria-action.ashx
last1standing
(11,709 posts)Support would be stating before the world community that Syria must be stopped and that they will aid, materially, in that effort.
This is no more than whispers of tepid endorsement so long as no one ever finds out.