🇺🇸 31 AUGUST 2013 — THE DAY OUR TERRIBLE DECADE BEGAN This was the day Barack Obama blinked. He had drawn a RED LINE over Assad’s chemical weapons. Assad crossed it. Ghouta was attacked with sarin. America had warned him. America had the military power to respond. France https://t.co/DN1moCUaKs #Ghouta #Obama #ChemicalWeapons #US #FR
🇺🇸 31 AUGUST 2013 — THE DAY AMERICA BLINKED Obama drew a RED LINE over Assad’s use of chemical weapons. Then came Ghouta. On 21 August 2013, civilians were murdered with chemical weapons outside Damascus. America had warned Assad. America had the military power. America had https://t.co/WfZaxIaA6r #Syria #ChemicalWeapons #Obama #US
Thirteen years ago, the red line of Obama was crossed in Ghouta... an indelible marker in Syrian history and that of the world, followed by the rise of the Islamic State, Crimea, the involvement of Russia in Syria, and the invasion of Ukraine. (translated)
A court in Damascus has sentenced Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including intentional killings and torture related to massacres in East Ghouta. (translated)
