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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 03:29 PM Sep 2013

Weekly Address: Calling for Limited Military Action in Syria

Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
The White House
September 7, 2013

In his weekly address, President Obama makes the case for limited and targeted military action to hold the Assad regime accountable for its violation of international norms prohibiting the use of chemical weapons.

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link transcript http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/09/06/weekly-address-calling-limited-military-action-syria
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Weekly Address: Calling for Limited Military Action in Syria (Original Post) Sunlei Sep 2013 OP
No mention of it being a violation of international norms to take police action unilaterally? corkhead Sep 2013 #1
There are not a whole lot of limits to the proposed war. Warren Stupidity Sep 2013 #2
 

Warren Stupidity

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2. There are not a whole lot of limits to the proposed war.
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 03:38 PM
Sep 2013

Which, by the way, is a war crime in and of itself.

The limit on "no troops on the ground" is bullshit. We have an armored division in Jordan that will go into Syria. It will be accompanied by the 82 airborne and by a chemical weapons specialist unit.

The real objective is to depose the Assad regime and the 60-90 day limit will be ignored until that mission is accomplished.

The real objective, beyond toppling the Assad regime, is the isolation of Iran in preparation for a future war on that state.

No more war. Time to stand down. Time to take a stand for peace.

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