Obama denied Kerry requests for Syrian missile strikes

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President Obama has repeatedly ruled out requests by Secretary of State John Kerry to launch missiles at regime targets in Syria, according to a report published Thursday.

Over the past year, Kerry has argued the strikes are not intended to overthrow President Bashar Assad, but instead would “send a message” with the goal of bringing him to the negotiating table to broker a peace deal, according to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.

But Obama was not convinced, and has grown frustrated with the requests.

“Oh, another proposal?” Obama said when Kerry recently dropped off a new outline of ways to pressure Assad.

The president’s reluctance to get more involved in Syria has frustrated members of his administration and lawmakers in both parties, who have argued for a more aggressive response to defeat Assad, whom Obama said must leave power.


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Vice President Joe Biden has also become frustrated with Kerry — at one point telling the secretary of State, “John, remember Vietnam? Remember how that started?”

[Wilms]

1. I was hoping Kerry was cooler than that.

So he joins Clinton in lobbying the President to bomb countries.

"Kerry has argued the strikes are not intended to overthrow President Bashar Assad, but instead would “send a message”"

To whom? The mother's of dead children??

[Nye Bevan]

2. Don't forget Kerry voted for the IWR (nt)

[Abouttime]

3. Good

Greatest President of modern times