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December 13, 2012

Obama Dangerously Blurs Syria 'Red Lines'

Evan Moore, World Report

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Last August, as the death toll in the Syrian crisis reached more than 25,000, President Obama declared that a red line for America's direct involvement would be if Washington were to see "chemical weapons moving around or being utilized" by the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.

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TAGGED: chemical weapons, Bashar al-Assad, Syria, Barack Obama

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