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sheshe2

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4. The response to The Presidents arguement.
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 06:37 PM
Sep 2013

From your link.

It was a unanimous conclusion that chemical weapons were used in Syria. There was a unanimous view that the norm against using chemical weapons has to be maintained, that these weapons were banned for a reason and that the international community has to take those norms seriously. I would say the majority of the room was comfortable with our conclusion that the Assad government was responsible for their use.

Obviously this is disputed by President Putin. But if you polled the leaders last night, I'm confident you'd get a majority that said it is most likely that the Assad regime used them.


I hope that Assad backs down. This is a terrible situation.

Thanks for bringing it here Don.

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