Obama denies his Syrian ‘red line’ comments

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Obama claims he never set a 'red line' on Syria... even though he did

President Barack Obama repeatedly denied Wednesday that he ever set a “red line” against the use of chemical weapons in Syria, and he insisted that the “world community” and Congress created the so-called red line, and should enforce the line.

“I didn’t set a red line,” he insisted to reporters at a press conference in Sweden Wednesday morning.

“The world set a red line when governments representing 98 percent of the world’s population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent and passed a [1993] treaty forbidding their use even when countries are engaged in war,” he said.

“Congress set a red line when it indicated that — in a piece of legislation [in 2003] titled the Syria Accountability Act that some of the horrendous things that are happening on the ground there need to be answered for,” he said.

Following the Syrian gas attack on Aug. 21, Obama called on the U.S. and foreign governments to respond, or give up efforts to police rogue nations. ”Are we going to try to find a reason not to act? And if that’s the case, then I think the world community should admit it,” he said.

“My credibility is not on the line,” he insisted. “The international community’s credibility is on the line, and America and Congress’ credibility is on the line, because we give [only] lip service to the notion that these international norms are important,” he said.

Obama’s repeated denial of his red line statements comes as Congress debates whether to let him lead the nation into a limited war in Syria.

VIDEO: WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FLIP-FLOP ON WHETHER HE SET A ‘RED LINE’

Via: Daily Caller

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