Thread: Bill Clinton urges US action in Syria

Challenging Obama, Bill Clinton urges US action in Syria

Former US president says Washington should rebalance power in Syria in light of Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah involvement; claims president shouldn't let public opinion polls dictate policy Yitzhak Benhorin

Published: 06.13.13, 08:48 / Israel News

WASHINGTON – Former US President Obama administration's handling of the Syrian civil war on Tuesday and advocated increased support of rebel forces, the Politico website reported.
Speaking at a closed-press event for the McCain Institute for International Leadership in Manhattan, Clinton told Senator rebels in Syria, saying the American public elects presidents and members of Congress “to see down the road” and “to win.”

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[LIST][*]Syria rebels kill 60 Shiites; missiles hit Lebanon[*]Iranians and the Syria is necessarily Iraq or Afghanistan — no one has asked us to send any soldiers in there. I think it’s more like Afghanistan was in the ’80s when they were fighting the Soviet Union … when President Reagan was in office (and) got an enormous amount of influence and gratitude by helping to topple the Soviet-backed regime and then made the error of not hanging around in Afghanistan to try to cash in on the gains."

Asked by McCain about his own decision making process in Kosovo and Bosnia, Clinton said, “What the American people are saying when they tell you not to do these things, they’re not telling you not to do these things, but instead, they’re urging caution. They hire you to win … to look around the corner and see down the road.”

According to Politico, Clinton did not call for specific measures to aid the Syrian rebels while McCain urged Obama to enforce a no-fly zone in the country to give rebels a “safe zone” to fight the Assad regime.
On Wednesday, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney said that despite the deteriorating situation in Syria a decision on US further steps has yet to be made. According to him, President Barack Obama does not rule out any options, but a scenario which will lead to a ground invasion of the country is not foreseeable.

At the same time, State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki condemned the Syrian attack in Lebanon, near the border between the two countries, and called it a provocation meant to draw Lebanon into the conflict.
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