On Saturday, August 31, where François Holland takes Barack Obama on the phone late in the afternoon, do expects not a total about-face. U.S. president explains at length that he has finally chosen to consult Congress. And so postpone strikes. The shot is scathing for Holland. More than any other head of Western State, he pleaded for intervention in Syria. He now finds himself isolated. One of the observers present during this Exchange says that Barack Obama has, in essence, justified this spectacular turnaround by saying: «not international coalition for intervention in Syria, no majority in the Security Council, there is no support in the opinion, it must at least I have the backing of the Congress, because Im not George W. Bush. The change of foot of Obama takes the Syrian opposition by surprise. Ahmed Jarba, leader of the Syrian opposition, learns it by watching the speech of the president on television. Half an hour before his speech, I received a mail from a senior official of the opposition, who told me, on a categorical tone, that Obama would announce strikes, says Dr. Khaled Saleh, in a bitter tone. (excerpt) (Translated by Bing) lemonde.fr/international/article/2014/02/15/intervention-en-syrie-comment-les-americains-ont-lache-les-francais-3-3_4367078_3210.html
Posted on: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:38:12 +0000
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