Statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a St

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14. Now this is the way to handle such situations.

And this is very damning:
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Cyrillic writing on them. No wonder Russia has been so obstinate : I take it the writing was on the rocket.

Now the world knows the truth. It is not conjecture.

Russia and Assad have a lot of questions to answer. Assad should resign of his own accord, and peace talks should begin.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration and Secretary of State Kerry acted flawlessly in this. I am very proud of them. So far it has not been necessary for us to compound the injuries by taking military power, yet it was evident from the beginning that if the evidence justified taking military action, Obama was prepared to do it.

In a situation so horrible, I'm sure that there will be additional developments. But I also think that the Obama administration did the right thing to wait until the evidence from the
UN was available. If the situation does not improve in Syria soon, the Obama administration and France will have broader international support for any effort they undertake.

This is diplomacy and strategy at its best. Diplomacy and strategy benefiting all people of the Middle East. The last thing needed in the Middle East is more knee-jerk violence that merely feeds the fires of hate.