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Should the “red line in the sand” as drawn during the previous administration finally be enforced?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:35 — 3.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn August 2012, towards the end of his first term in office, president Obama drew a ‘red line in the sand’ indicating that, if Assad used chemical weapons, it would warrant U.S. military action. In August 2013, a year later, Syrian military attacked rebel-controlled areas of the …

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