Obama seeks global backing on Syria: 'I didn't set a red line. The world did'

Here we go again. "The World" is being claimed and spoken for again. By the West's overlords. 

Don't they read the news of the real world out there ? The Majority World that certainly did not set any 'Red Line' and is, along with a majority of Americans, actually against the West's bloody wars. 

Most of the People in 'The World ', Mr. Commander in Chief, did nothing of the sort. They did not set any 'Red Lines' that would enable more  bloody slaughter of people by the very bloody hands of the West - the "international community' is insists of being called. 

Obama seeks global backing on Syria: 'I didn't set a red line. The world did'

President plays down personal role in response to chemical weapons attack amid uphill battle to win over politicians at home

Dan Roberts in Washington

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Barack Obama appealed to the international community to back his plan to punish Syria with a military strikes, saying the "world had set a red line" over the use of chemical weapons, not him.

Speaking in Stockholm, Obama sought to play down his personal role in the response to the allegations that the Assad regime had gassed its own people in attacks outside Damascus on 21 August.

He also left open the possibility of ignoring a vote against military action in the House of Representatives, saying he did not believe there was a constitutional need for congressional approval.

Although efforts to win over Republican hawks appear close to gaining sufficient support in the Senate, the White House continues to face an uphill struggle to persuade enough members of Congress from both parties to authorise its planned strike against Syria in the House.

But the president claimed there was legal flexibility when asked directly about the possibility of continuing to attack without the full backing of Congress.

"As commander-in-chief I always preserve the right and the responsibilty to act on behalf of America's national security," he said. "I do not believe that I was required to take this to Congress but I did not take this to Congress just because it's an empty exercise. I think it is important to have Congress's support."

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/04/obama-syria-red-line-chemical-weapons