Obama says has not made a decision on Syria military strike -PBS
- 11 years ago
U.S. President Barack Obama told the PBS NewsHour that he still has not as not made a decision on making a military strike against Syria.
SOUNDBITE: U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING:
"We can take limited, tailored approaches, not getting drawn into a long conflict, not a repetition of, you know, Iraq, which I know a lot of people are worried about - but if we are saying in a clear and decisive but very limited way, we send a shot across the bow
saying, stop doing this, that can have a positive impact on our national security over the long term."
The Syrian government is suspected of using chemical weapons on hundreds of its own citizens last week.
SOUNDBITE: U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING:
"So we are consulting with our allies. We're consulting with the international community. And you know, I have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in Syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like
SOUNDBITE: U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING:
"We can take limited, tailored approaches, not getting drawn into a long conflict, not a repetition of, you know, Iraq, which I know a lot of people are worried about - but if we are saying in a clear and decisive but very limited way, we send a shot across the bow
saying, stop doing this, that can have a positive impact on our national security over the long term."
The Syrian government is suspected of using chemical weapons on hundreds of its own citizens last week.
SOUNDBITE: U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING:
"So we are consulting with our allies. We're consulting with the international community. And you know, I have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in Syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like