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Pelosi: Threat Of Force Made Diplomacy With Syria Possible
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised President Barack Obama's nationally televised address Tuesday on the situation in Syria, echoing the administration and others who have argued that the threat of force made a diplomatic alternative possible.
Tonight, President Obama made a principled presentation to the American people as to how the Assad regimes use of chemical weapons impacts our national security and why the regime must be held responsible for the reprehensible gassing of more than a thousand people, including hundreds of children," Pelosi said in a statement. The President using the credible threat of American military action to bring diplomatic solutions back to the table demonstrates the strength of his leadership and his willingness to exhaust every remedy before the use of force."
As the Obama Administration continues to pursue a diplomatic resolution, the President justly made clear tonight that the threat of military action remains on the table as we continue to work to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction, a pillar of our national security," she continued.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/pelosi-threat-of-force-made-diplomacy-with-syria
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised President Barack Obama's nationally televised address Tuesday on the situation in Syria, echoing the administration and others who have argued that the threat of force made a diplomatic alternative possible.
Tonight, President Obama made a principled presentation to the American people as to how the Assad regimes use of chemical weapons impacts our national security and why the regime must be held responsible for the reprehensible gassing of more than a thousand people, including hundreds of children," Pelosi said in a statement. The President using the credible threat of American military action to bring diplomatic solutions back to the table demonstrates the strength of his leadership and his willingness to exhaust every remedy before the use of force."
As the Obama Administration continues to pursue a diplomatic resolution, the President justly made clear tonight that the threat of military action remains on the table as we continue to work to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction, a pillar of our national security," she continued.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/pelosi-threat-of-force-made-diplomacy-with-syria
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Pelosi: Threat Of Force Made Diplomacy With Syria Possible (Original Post)
ProSense
Sep 2013
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JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)1. Love how he quoted FDR at the end of the speech.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. "Franklin Roosevelt once said...
Franklin Roosevelt once said, Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged. Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security, are at stake in Syria, along with our leadership of a world where we seek to ensure that the worst weapons will never be used.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023642111
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)3. There it is! Thanks.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. Kick! n/t
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. K & R
Cha
(297,196 posts)6. Exactly. So glad we have President Obama in charge
instead of those who have no fucking clue to go about getting what they want from a brutal dicatator.
So sorry, if that offends the assad protectors.