No easy answers on Syria, Obama says

May 08, 2013 04:02

President Obama on Tuesday defended his cautious response to evidence that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons on its citizens, saying that he could not make high-stakes decisions based on a "perceived' use of those weapons.

Mr. Obama, who last summer declared that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line' and trigger an unspecified American response, said the evidence of such use was not conclusive enough to require action or enable him to mobilize American allies behind a response.

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