WASHINGTON – The U.S. stands ready to strike at Syria in the wake of its possible use of chemical weapons on its citizens, according to reports Tuesday.
According to CNN, “U.S. officials sought Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a possible military strike on Syria in response to last week’s suspected chemical weapons attack.”
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that the United States is committed to working with the international community to respond to the “outrageous” attacks in the Arab nation.
The secretary condemned the violence carried out by the Syrian regime and said the United States military is prepared for any contingency involving Syria, a Defense Department spokeman said, adding that Hagel pledged to continue close coordination with the British and French defense forces.
Most U.S. allies, most U.S. partners and most of the international community have little doubt that the most basic international humanitarian standard was violated by the Syrian regime in using chemical weapons against its own people, Hagel said.
“The deeper we get into this, it seems to me it’s clearer and clearer that the government of Syria was responsible,” he added. “But we’ll wait and determine what the intelligence and the facts bear out.”
Secretary Hagel said President Barack Obama has asked the Defense Department for options for all contingencies, and the department has complied.
A White House spokesman said Monday that “the President acknowledged yesterday … that there were reports of widespread civilian deaths in one area in Syria. There is some evidence to indicate that chemical weapons may have been involved. The President described that yesterday in the interview as a big event of grave concern.
“And given our interest in ensuring that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating and the need to protect our allies in the region, the President believes that this is something that requires our attention.”
I’m a bit confused – we support the muzzies in one country and fight them in another country – Who’s shitting who that we don’t have decietful leadership!
Stay out of Syria, Eygpt, and Libya. All the rebels are either Muslim Brotherhood or Al Qaeda. They kill Muslims, Jews and Christians alike so we should not support any of these rebels. If we support anyone over there it should be the Christians in those countries, they are the real victims.
@Tim-I agree with you. We should just stay out of there. Although I feel bad for the women and children that were killed, what difference does it make if they die from poison gas or the radical Muslims torture and kill them. These people kill eachother and have no moral feelings at all. Muslim is not a religion, it is a murder society. Where are all the so called good Muslims? Why are they not standing up against the slaughter?
Aside from the religious aspect of this, which ought not to be the focus at all, let us make sure that these claims of chemical weapons being used can be verified independently.
Then sit down with Russia and China, give them the evidence, and tell them our actions. Let them protest if they wish. But at least if we take action, there will be no questions or second guessing.
This will be the initial start of WW3.
Stay the hell out of Syria, we don’t need more of our soldiers killed defending people that don’t like us anyway. If you really need to bomb them, break out the Enola Gay and turn the country into a sheet of glass and be done with it. For sure this is not the answer, but what is. We cannot defeat the Muslim people in a unconventional war, which is the only way they fight. They have been killing each other for hundreds of years, and will continue to do so, why do we need to stop them now.
@Allen-I certainly agree with your comments. It doesn’t matter what we do, as soon as we leave they will go back to killing eachother anyway.