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Kerry Admits Obama’s Failure To Back-Up ‘Red Line’ Made U.S. Look Weak
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Kerry Admits Obama’s Failure To Back-Up ‘Red Line’ Made U.S. Look Weak
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Gee, ya think? He bent over, bowing, literally, to the world, while ruling with ‘pen and phone’ over Americans.

Quote:Secretary of State John Kerry told a painful truth on Sunday, admitting that President Obama’s “red line” fiasco in Syria “cost us significantly” by leading other nations to see America as weak.

Obama drew the line in August 2012 — as a way to avoid getting involved in Syria’s civil war without having to actually justify that restraint. He did so by saying he would intervene if the government did the truly awful, by using chemical weapons.

“We have been very clear to the Assad regime … that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized,” he said, also calling “chem” use a “game-changer.”

It was universally seen as a threat of massive consequences for Bashar al-Assad if he crossed the line. But when Assad did launch chemical attacks a year later, Obama stalled.

http://nypost.com/2016/12/05/kerry-fesse...-red-line/
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Seems silly to admit something the entire world already knew.
12-07-2016 10:55 AM
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Love it.
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