Crapo responds to Obama's Syria stance
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September 11, 2013 |
Idaho Senator Mike Crapo issued the
following statement Tuesday after listening to
President Barack Obama’s prime time address to
the nation on the subject of American military
action in Syria and the possibility of an
international agreement for Syria to surrender
its remaining chemical weapons stockpiles to
outside control.
“The United States should engage in military
strikes against another nation only when our
national security requires it, after other
options have been ruled out,” Crapo said. “And,
when our national security interests justify
military action against another nation, the
action should be carefully designed and
effectively implemented to achieve our security
related objectives.
"The national security interest necessary to
justify this intervention has not yet been
sufficiently shown. And the limited, narrow
response being proposed is more likely to harm,
rather than protect our security interests.
“The prospect of a negotiated resolution of this
matter has been raised, involving Syria agreeing
to join the 189 nations of the world who have
signed the Chemical Weapons Convention. Of
course, we should pursue this option, but let’s
not forget with whom we are dealing. Any such
resolution must necessarily involve Syria
disclosing all of its chemical weapons,
immediately allowing their removal and
destruction and allowing ongoing inspections to
assure compliance. Such an agreement must be
prompt, binding, verifiable and subject to
predetermined sanctions for noncompliance.”
Crapo added, “I will continue to engage in this
debate in the Senate, review the intelligence
material and listen to Idahoans before casting
any vote on this matter.” |
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