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Syria: If Bashar al-Assad hands over chemical weapons we will not attack, says John Kerry
The Telegraph ^ | 9/9/2013

Posted on 09/09/2013 4:00:30 AM PDT by markomalley

Mr Kerry was in London on Monday morning on the final leg of a whirlwind European tour to drum up support for intervention in Syria.

When asked by a reporter whether there was anything Assad's government could do or offer to stop an attack, Mr Kerry said: "Sure, he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week – turn it over, all of it without delay and allow the full and total accounting (of it).

"But he isn't about to do it and it can't be done." Mr Kerry repeated his belief, stated on numerous occasions, that "the risk of not acting is greater than the risk of acting."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; kerry; obama; syria
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To: Truth2012

Remind me to never make you mad.


41 posted on 09/09/2013 6:39:04 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: silverleaf

If we start a war, will the UN need to come here to put us in our place?


42 posted on 09/09/2013 6:39:30 AM PDT by SisterK (how great Thou art)
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To: SisterK

Oh I’m sure our UN ambassador “Foxface” Samantha Powers can deal with the big guys, she can remind them to look beyond minor military aggression to larger shared values like wishing Israel was nuked tomorrow


43 posted on 09/09/2013 6:47:04 AM PDT by silverleaf (Going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordion.)
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To: silverleaf

I do not rule out US being nuked...Especially since last Tuesday it was well publicized that some nukes CONveniently went missing from Texas.


44 posted on 09/09/2013 7:00:22 AM PDT by SisterK (how great Thou art)
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To: markomalley

If it’s so important that the Saudi’s and Qatar want to fund it...them let them fight. Its not our battle.


45 posted on 09/09/2013 7:04:13 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: listenhillary

Many people pray for Obama to die, so I at least leave room for redemption.
:)


46 posted on 09/09/2013 7:33:35 AM PDT by Truth2012
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To: Iron Munro

That hole would have been well used by Kerry, Himself.


47 posted on 09/09/2013 9:45:53 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: markomalley
Be sure and look for the labels....


48 posted on 09/09/2013 9:51:05 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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To: markomalley

It won’t happen, but I’d give a lot to have Assad say, “Sure, here you go, they’re still in their original Iraqi containers.”


49 posted on 09/09/2013 9:51:47 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ErnBatavia

42 seconds. Dang it.


50 posted on 09/09/2013 9:52:42 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Buckeye McFrog; All

For this to happen means someone’s army, or inspectors, will have to go in and account for all the chemicals. Would that mean boots on the ground in blue helmets? obama could say “Not only did I not draw a red line. The world did it. Neither did I put boots on the ground. The world did that, too.”

Maybe this is why Kerry tried to walk it back. I wonder how pissed off VJ is at him for opening his horse mouth.


51 posted on 09/09/2013 1:23:27 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: SisterK

Really? Where in Texas? Is it confirmed?


52 posted on 09/09/2013 1:26:02 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: VerySadAmerican

Bring Hans Blix out of retirement. Maybe he will finally find those pesky Iraqi WMDs.


53 posted on 09/09/2013 1:44:49 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: markomalley

I think now the Administration is at the point where they just want this to all go away and pretend it never happened.


54 posted on 09/09/2013 1:46:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: VerySadAmerican

from free republic a couple of days ago
Lindsey Graham: Attack Syria or Iran Will Nuke Charleston
fitsnews.com ^ | 06 Sep 2013
also the Sept. 6 Hagmann and Hagmann Report states which military base in Texas gave up nukes without paperwork


55 posted on 09/09/2013 3:27:22 PM PDT by SisterK (how great Thou art)
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To: VerySadAmerican

Dyess AFB
Texas


56 posted on 09/09/2013 3:44:51 PM PDT by SisterK (how great Thou art)
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To: VerySadAmerican

not a big deal....apparently nukes get misplaced all the time


57 posted on 09/09/2013 3:50:15 PM PDT by SisterK (how great Thou art)
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To: markomalley

58 posted on 09/09/2013 3:55:39 PM PDT by potlatch
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