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
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