US Admin Seeks Green Light to Respond Militarily to Syria’s Chemical Crimes

There is a moral imperative for this pacifist, diplomacy-centric administration to undertake a tailored military response to Assad's use of chemical weapons, was John Kerry's message to the American people
By: Lori Lowenthal Marcus
The Jewish Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

In a press conference held in the middle of the day on Friday, August 30, U.S. secretary of state John Kerry made a compelling argument to the American people that the United States must respond militarily to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons against its people.

Kerry, speaking from the Treaty Room of the State Department just four days after a press briefing in which he declared the use of chemical weapons on Syrians a “moral obscenity,” informed the American people that there is no longer any doubt that it was Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – Kerry called him “a thug and a murderer” – and Assad’s regime which used chemical weapons on its people.


The U.S. administration is declassifying a great deal of the information it has about the use of chemical weapons, so that the American people can participate in deciding upon the next step this country will take, was the main thrust of the message. Nevertheless, the secretary of state left absolutely no doubt that this administration believes the correct step to take, the only moral step to take, is to respond with military force.

“We know the Assad regime has the largest chemical weapons program in the Middle East, we know the regime used chemical weapons multiple times this PLS CONTINUE READING: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-admin-seeks-green-light-to-respond-militarily-to-syrias-chemical-crimes/2013/08/30/