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WASHINGTONSecretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday that it would be "exceedingly difficult" for Syria to meet the international community's conditions for giving up its chemical weapons and avoiding a threatened U.S. military strike.
As President Barack Obama prepared to deliver a nationally televised address Tuesday night on the Syrian crisis, Mr. Kerry urged skeptical lawmakers to back the administration's call to launch a limited attack against Syria if a last-minute diplomatic gambit fails.
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"It is exceedingly difficult to fulfill those conditions," Mr. Kerry told the House Armed Services Committee. "We're waiting for that proposal, but we're not waiting for long."
Mr. Kerry said the evolving diplomatic effort couldn't become a protracted international delaying tactic used by Syria and Russia to fend off a military strike without addressing America's underlying demands.
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Safetykitten
(5,162 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)especially if you're in Syria http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023636885
NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)Or maybe his language is part of a complex 8 dimensional plan we peons are too stupid to understand
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)like there's no tomorrow for quite some time.
David__77
(23,418 posts)Where does this come from except the mind of John Kerry? It seems to me that Russia and China might have a say certainly, along with a great number of other countries...
frazzled
(18,402 posts)is going to be exceedingly difficult. They'll have trouble doing their job. But I hope it's tried, anyway.