WORLD_ U.S. has determined Syria used chemical weapons

U.S. has determined Syria used chemical weapons

Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY
5:23 p.m. EDT June 13, 2013



President Obama
" ... We have got to change the equation on the battleground."


WASHINGTON— U.S. and European officials have determined that Syrian government has deployed chemical weapons against rebels, the White House has confirmed.

The White House notified lawmakers on Thursday that they have determined chemical weapons have been used.

The White House previously acknowledged that chemical weapons had been likely deployed, but they needed further confirmation. Obama had called thepotential use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar Assad a "red line" that would spur further action by the U.S.

The president "has said the use of chemical weapons would change his calculus and it has," said Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes.

"I thank the president for acknowledging that Syrians are using chemical weapons," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who urged the president to step up support of Syrian rebel groups. "Just to provide additional weapons to the Syrian National Army is not enough. We have got to change the equation on the battleground."




A Syrian boy waves the revolutionary flag during a protest in front the Syrian embassy in in Jordan.(Photo: Mohammad Hannon, AP file)


Earlier on Thursday, Politico reported that former President Bill Clinton agrees with McCain that Obama should be more forceful to support Syrian rebels who are fighting the government forces of Assad.

"Some people say, 'Okay, see what a big mess it is? Stay out!' I think that's a big mistake," Clinton said during a Tuesday event on behalf of the McCain Institute for International Leadership in New York City.

"I agree with you about this," Clinton told McCain. "Sometimes it's just best to get caught trying, as long as you don't over-commit -- like, as long as you don't make an improvident commitment."

White House press secretary Jay Carney responded to Clinton's comments earlier on Thursday that "The president makes a decision about the implementation of national security options based on our national security interests, not on what might satisfy critics at any given moment about a policy."

Carney declined to say whether Obama disagreed with Clinton's views.




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