Posted on 09/09/2013 8:18:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Making the case for intervention in Syria to a war-weary American public, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the strike will be "unbelievably small" — a comment that has already earned him relentless mocking in its immediate aftermath. "We’re not going to war. We will not have people at risk in that way," Kerry said during a press conference in London with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, according to a transcript released by the State Department.
"We will be able to hold Bashar Assad accountable without engaging in troops on the ground or any other prolonged kind of effort in a very limited, very targeted, very short-term effort that degrades his capacity to deliver chemical weapons without assuming responsibility for Syria’s civil war.
"That is exactly what we’re talking about doing – unbelievably small, limited kind of effort."
Kerry's comments are a microcosm of the poor job the Obama administration has done trying to explain the rationale for intervention. On one hand, they realize they are dealing with a "war-weary" public skeptical of engaging in another Middle East conflict.
On the other hand, Kerry has made repeated comments casting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as the greatest villain of the 21st century, in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack against his own people on Aug. 21. The U.S. says the attack killed 1,429 people, including 426 children.
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Yeah. That big mouth of his it taking over his face.
Small as Genghis Khan?
“...relentlessly mocked...” is the only way to go with this Clown Car administration. nobama and his pinheaded ilk deserve all the ridicule the world can muster.
pea shooters and rubber band guns.
Anybody notice that his chin has gotten shorter?
His whole face has gotten weird. I mean really weird and plasticy. I can hardly stand to look at him. From the nose down he looks like Lord Voldemort.
Zell Miller was right. They really ARE going to use spitballs.
bloooooood!
Oh, the devastation!
Statement from Kerry”
“How small? So small that if brains were dynamite, Obama wouldn’t have enough to blow his nose. And that’s how much explosive ordnance we’ll be using. It’s such a small amount, Assad may never even notice it. BUT, and that’s a big but, we’ll have sent him a message that using poison gas is unacceptable, assuming of course that he really used it.”
I thought he said 'boots on the ground" was not ruled out.
I think I saw that on Drudge.
And, still they blame Assad and give berth to the rebels.
Just waiting for Rush and there was an ad for "Aljezera (sic) America". Not saying it was because of Rush - it was during ads before Rush. On the other hand, it could be a bought Rush ad.
just got done reading the book last night, otherwise I wouldn’t have “gotten” it.
John Kerrey’s brain is unbelievably small; like all members of the National Socialist Democrat Party.
Looks more like botox and fillers.
Why didn't he get his nose shaped and get some duck lips like Lisa Rinna at the sane time?!
He has obviously had a facelift.
The look of a man who has never been in charge before.
Yes, the Secretary of State of the most powerful nation on earth really did say that.
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