Wednesday, March 7, 2012

President Obama: No U.S. Military Intervention In Syria



Syria Crisis: Obama Rejects US Military Intervention -- BBC

President Barack Obama has described the situation in Syria as "heartbreaking" but said that unilateral US military intervention there would be a mistake.

Mr Obama said President Bashar al-Assad would fall, as other dictators had fallen, but the US would try to achieve this by working to isolate Syria.

More deadly clashes were reported across Syria on Tuesday.

The international community remains divided on how to end violence there.

The UN says more than 7,500 people have died as a result of the violence in Syria over the past 12 months.

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Update:
Obama rules out unilateral U.S. military action on Syria -- L.A. Times

My Comment: His top general in the region agrees, but while President Obama still believes that Assad's Syrian government will fall, his top general is not sure. In the meantime, the death toll has reached 8,500.

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