Obama: Red Line On Syria Is The World's, Not His -- CNN
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the red line he outlined last year regarding Syria's use of chemical weapons came from international treaties and past congressional action, and now it is time for the international community to make good on its opposition to the banned armaments.
"I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line," Obama told reporters on the first day of a four-day trip to Sweden and Russia to attend a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg.
In particular, Obama said the global red line came when governments representing 98% of the world's population "passed a treaty forbidding (chemical weapons) use, even when countries are engaged in war."
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My Comment: Sorry Mr. President .... but you did set the red line .... unless of course you speak for the world (rhetorically speaking).
Update: Obama: 'I Didn't Set a Red Line' on Syria -- Weekly Standard
