Across The Red Line - TIME

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In a bitter irony, the attack had come on the one-year anniversary of Obama's warning that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime constituted a "red line" that, if crossed, would ...

Reassessing Obama's Syria Red Line Ten Years Later | Opinion

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For most Syrians, Aug. 21, 2013, will forever be remembered with anguish, dread, and tears. On that night, the Syrian army sent missiles laced with sarin gas into opposition-held neighborhoods on ...

Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of ...

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[28] [29] The phrase became a source of contention when political opponent John McCain said the red line was "apparently written in disappearing ink," due to the perception the red line had been crossed with no action. [30] [29] On the one year anniversary of Obama's red line speech the Ghouta chemical attacks occurred. Obama then clarified "I ...

Obama's Red Line, Revisited - POLITICO Magazine

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How Obama's offhand remark about Syria's chemical weapons led to a diplomatic breakthrough and averted a war. The article challenges the conventional wisdom that the red line episode was a failure ...

The three key words of Obama's 'red line' on Syria

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One Year On: The World After Oct ... The three key words of Obama's 'red line' on Syria ... Visitors take pictures in front of portraits of Chinese leaders at an exhibition marking the 70th ...

"The President Blinked": Why Obama Changed Course on the "Red Line" in ...

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President Obama pauses while speaking in the White House briefing room on Aug. 20, 2012. In his remarks, the president said use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a "red line."

Reassessing Obama's biggest mistake - The Economist

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Ten years after Ghouta, Mr Obama's red line over Syria is remembered as a defining moment of his presidency. Rather than strike immediately, he first decided to ask for a vote in Congress and ...

Red lines and chemical weapons in Syria - A timeline - Financial Times

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Just over a year ago, Barack Obama, the US president, vowed that any use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war would be a 'red line' that would provoke US intervention in Syria's conflict.

Obama's Blurry Red Line - FactCheck.org

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Did Obama change his position on the red line for Syria? The web page compares his statements in 2012 and 2013 on the use of chemical weapons and the role of the international community.

Obama's Red Line in Syria in 2012-2013: What Happened, Why and Was It a ...

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Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps and the U.S. Department of State in 2014 and now is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, where he writes and speaks about Syria, Iraq and North Africa. Ford has since 2016 also been a fellow at the Jackson Institute at Yale University teaching undergraduate and gra...

Lessons From the 'Red Line' Crisis - The Atlantic

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The complexities we faced then are worth considering as Trump contemplates what's next in Syria. ... the 'Red Line' Crisis ... quickly punish a dictator for violating a 100-year-old prohibition ...

The 'Red Line' On Syria - NPR

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The 'Red Line' On Syria Jasmine el-Gamal tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that this weekend's missile strikes should be expanded. El-Gamal was the Pentagon's Syria country director during the Obama ...

Syria "Red Line" Chronology - JSTOR

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1 2 On August 20, 2012, President Obama laid down a "red line" against Syria's use of chemical weapons. We have been very clear to the (Assad) regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. 1. 3

Obama's 'Red Line' That Wasn't - The Atlantic

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A rare glimpse into the president's last-minute reversal on Syria in 2013 ... weapons would constitute a "red line." When Assad's army killed more than 1,400 people with sarin gas one year ...

PDF A Legal 'Red Line'?: Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons in Civil ...

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In June 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama warned the Syrian government that deploying chemical weapons in Syria's ongoing civil war would be crossing a "red line" that would be met with "enormous consequences." 1. One year after President Obama's tough remarks, evidence surfaced that Syrian President Bashar

A Red Line in Syria in 2013 | CFR Education

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A Red Line in Syria in 2013. Download PDF. Last Updated. January 27, 2023. Overview. In 2013, reports emerged that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad had deployed chemical gas as a weapon in Ghouta, Syria, during the country's ongoing civil war. Months prior, U.S. President Barack Obama had referred to this type of attack as a "red line ...

The Myth About Obama's Red Line in Syria - History News Network

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In Syria, Obama laid down a "red line" in August 2012 that, once crossed by Syria's President Bashar Assad, would draw the U.S. into military engagement in Syria. ... Within a year, video ...

Investigating the Origins of the Phrase "Red Line" - National Geographic

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Learn how the phrase "red line" evolved from a Roman warning to a modern political threat. Explore the historical and literary references to the metaphor of drawing a line in the sand.

'It was like the apocalypse': Syrians recall chemical attack, 10 years on

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Survivors and activists in Syria's rebel-held north commemorated the 2013 sarin gas attack that killed over 1,400 people near Damascus. They denounced the international community's failure to hold ...

Impotence: White House Issued Syrian 'Red Line' One Year Ago - Townhall

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No coincidence that Assad uses chemicals weapons on the one year anniversary of Obama's "red line" comment. — Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) August 21, 2013 Here is video of the president's remarks at ...
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