US willing to go it alone against Syria if needed [View all]

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ABC
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
DEB RIECHMANN AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) - August 28, 2013 (WPVI) -- The Obama administration said Wednesday it would take action against the Syrian government even without the backing of allies or the United Nations because diplomatic paralysis must not prevent a response to the alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital last week.


New requests for the United Nations to authorize military action in Syria may have complicated the Obama administration's plan to take retaliatory action on the purported poison gas attack east of Damascus that U.S. officials claim was carried out by President Bashar Assad's forces.

But a State Department spokeswoman said possible U.N. rejection of the U.S. plan - most likely led by Russia - won't slow the administration. "We cannot be held up in responding by Russia's intransigence - continued intransigence - at the United Nations," Marie Harf said. "The situation is so serious that it demands a response."

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I don't like the sound of this.