President Obama: We Zullen Syrië niet aanvallen zonder VN-Mandaat

In een interview op CNN zou President Obama gezegd hebben dat zij niet zomaar een ander land kunnen aanvallen zonder een VN-mandaat, en zonder keiharde bewijzen voor het gebruik van chemische wapens.

President Obama van de VS - afbeelding afkomstig van (1)

Als dit werkelijk waar zou zijn, dan zou dit voor het eerst in lange tijd zijn dat er geen haatdragende dreigementen worden geuit richting Syrië door de VS. In dat interview zou hij ook gewezen hebben op de hoge kosten. Nu nog worden er nog tientallen miljarden uitgegeven in Afghanistan zou hij nog aangevuld hebben.

Als je echter een fragment ziet van dat specifieke interview op CNN zelf (2), dan klinkt het weer bekender; dan komen de woorden van Press TV niet onder de aandacht. Zo zie je maar dat je uit zo'n interview kunt uitlichten wat je het meeste zint.

Hieronder het oorspronkelijke transcript, afkomstig van (3):

OBAMA: So, you know, we remain the one indispensable nation. There's a reason why, when you listen to what's happened around Egypt and Syria, that everybody asks what the U.S. is doing. It's because the United States continues to be the one country that people expect can do more than just simply protect their borders.
But that does not mean that we have to get involved with everything immediately. We have to think through strategically what's going to be in our long-term national interests, even as we work cooperatively internationally to do everything we can to put pressure on those who would kill innocent civilians.
CUOMO: The red line comment that you made was about a year ago this week.
OBAMA: Right.
CUOMO: We know since then there have been things that should qualify for crossing that red line.
OBAMA: Well, Chris, I've got to -- I've got to say this. The -- when we take action -- let's just take the example of Syria. There are rules of international law.
CUOMO: Uh-huh.
OBAMA: And, you know, if the U.S. goes in and attacks another country without a U.N. mandate and without clear evidence that can be presented, then there are questions in terms of whether international law supports it, do we have the coalition to make it work, and, you know, those are considerations that we have to take into account.
CUOMO: You don't believe we've seen enough?
OBAMA: Now, this -- well, this latest event is something that we've got to take a look at. But keep in mind, also, Chris -- because I know the American people keep this in mind -- we've still got a war going on in Afghanistan.
CUOMO: True. True.
OBAMA: You know, we're still spending tens of billions of dollars in Afghanistan. I will be ending that war by the end of 2014, but every time I go to Walter Reed and visit wounded troops, and every time I sign a letter for a casualty of that war, I'm reminded that there are costs and we have to take those into account as we try to work within an international framework to do everything we can to see Assad ousted -- somebody who's lost credibility -- and to try to restore a sense of a democratic process and stability inside of Egypt.
CUOMO: It doesn't have to be military, of course. I take your point, Mr. President. When you look at Egypt, it's an example of that.
OBAMA: Right.

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(1) http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/23/320154/us-not-to-attack-syria-without-un-mandate/
(2) http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/23/politics/obama-cnn-new-day-interview
(3) http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/23/politics/barack-obama-new-day-interview-transcript/index.html