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Obama Still Cautious on Syria Response
Horrific reports including grisly video show that chemical weapons have killed hundreds in Syria, including children. Has President Obama's "red line" been crossed? Rebel forces blame the Assad regime, while Assad claims the rebels did it to trigger support from international forces.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHorrific reports including grisly video show that chemical weapons have killed hundreds in Syria, including children. Has President Obama's "red line" been crossed? Rebel forces blame the Assad regime, while Assad claims the rebels did it to trigger support from international forces. UN inspectors have arrived in the country, but have not been allowed to visit the scene. If they were, could they prove the case one way or the other? We hear what President Obama said today about a host of bad options and what it would take for the US to intervene.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Kerry Cavanaugh
editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Karen DeYoung
Washington Post
Steven Simon
Visiting professor at Colby College. Former US National Security Council and senior director for counterterrorism and for the Middle East and North Africa
Amy Smithson
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies