Obama Says U.S. No Closer to Military Action in Syria Crisis

[Purveyor]

President Barack Obama said the U.S. isn’t moving closer to taking military action in Syria even with the stalemate in the fighting and concerns about missed deadlines on chemical weapons destruction.

“We still have a horrendous situation on the ground in Syria,” the U.S. president said at a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande from the East Room of the White House. The state of Syria is “crumbling” and “extremists have moved into the vacuum in a way that could threaten us over the long term,” he said.

While saying he reserves the right to use military force, Obama said that “right now we don’t think that there’s a military solution, per se, to the problem.”

Obama is hosting Hollande for a state visit as the U.S. and France are promising closer cooperation on a range of global issues, including the response to the civil war in Syria, blocking Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, ending the war in Afghanistan and negotiating a trans-Atlantic trade agreement.

At the same time, differences between the allies remain. The news conference follows a Feb. 4 visit to Iran by a French business delegation that prompted a call by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, to express concern.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-11/obama-says-u-s-no-closer-to-military-action-in-syria-stalemate.html

[Jesus Malverde]

1. Good. President Obama, please stop arming the "rebels", they are not good people...nt

[SamKnause]

2. What could possibly go wrong ???

Did we liberate and spread "democracy" in Iraq the first time or the second time ? NO

Did we liberate and spread "democracy" in Afghanistan ? NO

When is the last time our interference didn't make the situation worse ???

How many dictators have we backed or installed ???

All the military brass knows how to do is murder and maim.

Stay the hell out of Syria.

Just say NO to our tax dollars being spent on invasions and warmongering !!!!!!!!!!!

[solarhydrocan]

3. Here's a handy start page

The United States has been involved in and assisted in the overthrow of foreign governments (more recently termed "regime change&quot without the overt use of U.S. military force. Often, such operations are tasked to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_U.S._regime_change_actions

1 Prior to Cold War

1.1 Russia

2 During the Cold War

2.1 Communist states 1944–89
2.2 Syria 1949
2.3 Iran 1953
2.4 Guatemala 1954
2.5 Tibet 1955–70s
2.6 Indonesia 1958
2.7 Cuba 1959
2.8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960–65
2.9 Iraq 1960–63
2.10 Dominican Republic 1961
2.11 South Vietnam 1963
2.12 Brazil 1964
2.13 Ghana 1966
2.14 Chile 1970–73
2.15 Argentina 1976
2.16 Afghanistan 1979–89
2.17 Turkey 1980
2.18 Poland 1980–81
2.19 Nicaragua 1981–90
2.19.1 Destablization through CIA assets
2.19.2 Arming the Contras
2.20 Cambodia 1980–95
2.21 Angola 1980s
2.22 Philippines 1986

3 Since the end of the Cold War

3.1 Iraq 1992–96
3.2 Afghanistan 2001
3.3 Venezuela 2002
3.4 Iraq 2002–03
3.5 Haiti 2004
3.6 Gaza Strip 2006–present
3.7 Somalia 2006–07
3.8 Iran 2005–present
3.9 Libya 2011
3.10 Syria 2012–present

Funding Al Queda in Syria and then telling us all we need fewer rights because we are fighting Al Queda is less than inspiring.

[SamKnause]

4. Thanks

I have been watching a lot of documentaries and listening to lectures on U.S. history.

This country sure has been a destructive force around the globe.