http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/171475#.UiNHsz8vtRtSyria’s Deputy Prime Minister, Kadri Jamil, has given a television interview mocking the United States over U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to wait for approval from Congress before carrying out airstrikes in Syria.
U.S. action was thought to be imminent last week after chemical weapons were used in Syria – a situation that Obama had previously described as a “red line†for his administration.
Speaking to Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeem, Jamil said Obama “was defeated before the war began.â€
America’s “muddled†position on airstrikes “has made a mockery of the U.S. administration all over the world,†he said, adding, “Previous administrations never cared about public opinion, Congress or allies.â€
Jamil mocked the Syrian rebel fighters, who had hoped for a U.S. intervention that would weaken the Assad regime. “For them this popular saying applies: You brought us halfway to the water well, then abandoned us,†he taunted.
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