Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the U.S. would be bolstered with support from “dozens” of international allies if the United States makes military strikes against Syria.
“I mean we have, from the briefings that I’ve received, there are dozens of countries who are going to stand with the United States, who will engage with us on military action and also that back us up,” Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “Piers Morgan Live.”
Following President Obama’s announcement Saturday that he is seeking Congressional authorization, Wasserman Schultz emphasized that U.S. intervention would be met with international support.
“In both military and diplomatic and political support, there are dozens of nations who had committed to back us up,” she said.
However, Wasserman Schultz said she was not a “liberty to say” specifically what countries have expressed supporting in missile strikes, because some of the information she received was classified.
Echoing the sentiments of John McCain (R-Ariz.), Wasserman Schultz has been vocal on her support of intervention adding “and voting this down would be catastrophic for our credibility.”
Schulz also emphasized the need to need to support U.S. allies in the region.
“And we’ll make sure that not only that we can protect our allies in the region from the strengthening of Assad’s hands, if we don’t respond, like Israel and Jordan and Turkey, but also that we stand against moral obscenities, as Secretary Kerry rightly labeled this chemical weapons attack, and make sure that it’s understood that you will receive a severe and certain response from the United States and our allies when you violate international norms, like Assad has.”
