QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line."
PRESIDENT OBAMA, on conditions that might call for intervention in Syria's conflict.Op-Ed Columnist
The Right Questions on SyriaBy NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Sitting on our hands as Syrians are slaughtered is not "pro-peace."
Editorial
The Stakes in CongressBy THE EDITORIAL BOARD
President Obama walks a difficult line in seeking military action on Syria. The American public deserves more answers.
Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West
By C. J. CHIVERS
Many Syrian rebels have adopted some of the chillingly ruthless
tactics of the government, raising the prospect that a military strike
could strengthen extremists.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Democrats say they are confronted with a difficult choice: go
against the wishes of President Obama or defy voters who are
overwhelmingly opposed to involving the United States in another
unpredictable Middle East war.
By MARK LANDLER, JONATHAN WEISMAN and MICHAEL R. GORDON
The 10-to-7 vote in the Foreign Relations Committee sets up a
showdown next week in the full Senate on whether President Obama should
be given the power to strike Syria.
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By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Rockets delivering toxic sarin gas to neighborhoods around Damascus
held up to 50 times more nerve agent than previously estimated, a study
by weapons experts concluded.
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美參院起草動武 攻敘有限戰最多90天
歐巴馬遊說大老 稱目標「推翻阿塞德」 面 對麥肯等共和黨議員質疑軍事行動的成效,歐巴馬雖強調動武將堅守「有限和比例」原則,但他也表示,此舉服膺於一套「範圍更廣的戰略」,除可增強反對陣營的 力量,也能施加外交、經濟和政治上的壓力,「所以我們最終可達成轉變,為敘利亞和整個區域帶來和平穩定」。不過,攻敘案要獲得共和黨掌控的眾議院通過仍是 嚴厲挑戰,而且根據最新民調,美國一般民眾反對攻敘的比例還是超過半數。 禁止派出地面部隊 歐 巴馬上週表示是否攻擊敘利亞交由國會決定後,連日邀請大老到白宮,親自展開遊說。參院部分,國務卿凱瑞、國防部長哈格爾、美軍參謀首長聯席會議主席鄧普西 三日出席外交關係委員會聽證會,獲外委會支持,為四日表決鋪路。不過,外委會草案大幅限縮軍事攻擊規模,包括不得超過六十天,雖可視情況延長三十天,但只 能延長一次,也禁止美國派出地面部隊。凱瑞︰「我們不該坐視殺戮。我們的國家和良心都無法承受沉默的代價。」他也警告,發展核武遭制裁的伊朗和北韓,也在 密切注意美國行動。 取得眾院共和黨2領袖支持 眾院部分,經 過白宮會談,歐巴馬已取得眾院議長貝納、多數黨領袖坎特(Eric Cantor)兩名重量級共和黨議員支持。儘管兩人都呼籲眾院議員支持歐巴馬,但也說眾院投票會是「良心投票」,部分與茶黨結盟的議員對軍事介入持懷疑態 度。眾院民主黨黨團中也有許多自由派議員不願支持動武。 民調過半反對 僅19%美國人支持 參 眾兩院將在九日國會展開新議期時投票表決。美國前國務卿希拉蕊也支持歐巴馬以行動嚴懲阿塞德政權。不過,路透/易普索調查顯示,有五六%美國人認為美國不 應介入敘利亞戰局,支持者僅一九%。聯合國秘書長潘基文三日警告,美國懲罰性攻擊行動若非基於自衛或有安理會授權,將屬非法。
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