Syria Crisis: Obama not asking America to go to war
He is asking for authorisation to degrade and deter Bashar al-Assad’s capacity to use chemical weapons, says Kerry.
“President Obama is not asking America to go to war,” Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“He is asking for authorisation to degrade and deter (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad’s capacity to use chemical weapons.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 4th, 2013.
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