I don’t expect every nation to agree with the decision we have made, Obama says.
He says to the American people that he knows they are weary of war after Iraq and Afghanistan. He adds that the US can’t resolve the Syrian civil war. That’s why US troops won’t go there.
“But we are the United States of America. We cannot and must not turn a blind eye to what happened in Damascus.”
So he asks all members of Congress “to take this vote for our national security.” So put aside partisan politics. “It’s about who we are as a country.”
“Now is the time to show the world” that we uphold our commitments… that right makes might, not the other way around… We cannot turn away” from this massacre.
“I am ready to act in the face of this outrage,” he says, and urges Congress to show it is ready to do the same.
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