Assad will regret retaliating against US strike:Kerry
September 05, 2013 00:05
The Obama Administration today cautioned the Assad regime not to retaliate against its military strike, warning that it would regret if it tried to escalate it.
"Let me say again unequivocally, bluntly: If Assad is arrogant enough and foolish enough to retaliate to the consequences of his own criminal activity, the United States and our allies have ample ways to make him regret that decision without going to war," Kerry told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing.
"Even Assad supporters, Russia and Iran, say publicly that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable. And guess what? Even Iran and Syria itself acknowledge that these weapons were used. They just pretend that the other guys, who don't even have the capacity to do it, somehow did it," he said, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Kerry asserted that this is not the time for armchair isolationism.
"Let me say again unequivocally, bluntly: If Assad is arrogant enough and foolish enough to retaliate to the consequences of his own criminal activity, the United States and our allies have ample ways to make him regret that decision without going to war," Kerry told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing.
"Even Assad supporters, Russia and Iran, say publicly that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable. And guess what? Even Iran and Syria itself acknowledge that these weapons were used. They just pretend that the other guys, who don't even have the capacity to do it, somehow did it," he said, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Kerry asserted that this is not the time for armchair isolationism.
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