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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Obama: 98% of humanity backs ban on chemical weapons
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHe says the peace process in Syria is stillborn.
He cites the August 21 chemical weapons attack by the regime.
He asks: “What’s the role of force” and of the UN and international law “in meeting cries for justice?”
The international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons.
His threat of military intervention was not made lightly, he says.
98% of humanity backs ban on chemical weapons, he notes.
Now he details the August 21 chemical weapons attack. “It’s an insult” to suggest that anyone other than the Assad regime carried out the attack.
Yet without the threat of a military response, the UN was doing nothing.
His preference, he says, was always for a diplomatic resolution.
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