Reporters at White House and State Department peppering spokespeople with the same sort of questions at the same time. The specter of the Iraq war looms large
by deborah.charles 12:48 PM
White House’s Josh Earnest avoids answering question by Reuters’ @robertarampton if the Obama administration is concerned about the unexpected delay in action from the British Parliament. Instead he said the White House “”appreciates the strong words that have come from senior leaders in the British government about what has gone on in Syria. ...We have heard them talk about their desire to see the Assad regime be held accountable.”
White House says Russia blocking action in the U.N. so Obama “will make a decision on the appropriate response based on the national security interests of the United States.”
by deborah.charles edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 12:47 PM
White House says what U.S. is contemplating in terms of its Syria response is “very discreet and limited” and not open-ended. Earnest rejected comparisons to Iraq war
by deborah.charles 12:46 PM
State Dept spokeswoman says “considerable differences” between Iraq and Syria because in Iraq the U.S. had been trying to prove existence of WMD, but in Syria they know chemical weapons exist.
“I would encourage people not to equate the two assessments,” State Dept spokeswoman says of intelligence on Iraq vs Syria.
by toby.zakaria edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 12:46 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIddCee7P0c
George Galloway - 2013-08-29 Parliament on Syria