France 'Ready To Punish' Syria Over Gas Attack

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I'll bet Syria is shaking in its shoes.

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that his country is prepared to take action against those responsible for gassing people in Syria.

"France is ready to punish those who took the heinous decision to gas innocents" in Syria last week, Hollande said at a conference with France's ambassadors. He did not elaborate.

"I have decided to increase our military support to the National Syrian Coalition," the main Syrian opposition group in exile, he also said.

France, one of Europe's biggest military powers, has not specified what preparation it is taking for any possible international action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

But on Monday Hollande said time is running out for the Syrian regime and airstrikes are a possibility. "Everything will come into play this week," he told Le Parisien newspaper. "There are several options on the table, ranging from strengthening international sanctions to airstrikes to arming the rebels.

Hollande spoke with President Barack Obama on Sunday and told him France, like Britain, would support him in a targeted military intervention, according to the paper.

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/france-syria_n_3823398.html

[decocker 7,198]

let france get this one, obama.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Vive la France!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

let france get this one, obama.

But they already got the last one. The Brits are ready, too, by the way.

[decocker 7,198]

But they already got the last one. The Brits are ready, too, by the way.

then let the brits and france team up and take one.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Hell yeah. Europe, show us what you can do. We'll be watching..... from all the way back here.

[Teddy B 17,252]

let france get this one, obama.

then let the brits and france team up and take one.

Hell yeah. Europe, show us what you can do. We'll be watching..... from all the way back here.

The US should not get involved in Syria or anywhere else for that matter unless the situation poses an immediate threat to US security.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Just say NO to Syria.

And while you're at it, say NO to cigarettes too because that ish is just nasty.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

then let the brits and france team up and take one.

The US has got to be on board and do some lifting as well. They won't do it alone. Just as long as we don't put boots on the ground there.

[mota bhai 2,675]

The US has got to be on board and do some lifting as well. They won't do it alone.

The US doesn't HAVE to do a goddamn thing in Syria. Syria doesn't matter.

[decocker 7,198]

The US has got to be on board and do some lifting as well. They won't do it alone. Just as long as we don't put boots on the ground there.

as long as we don't put boots on the ground? no. no no no.

stay out of syria.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The US doesn't HAVE to do a goddamn thing in Syria. Syria doesn't matter.

Yeah but we told Assad not to cross that line and promised consequences if he did. Well, he did. Now what?

There'll be an engagement of some sort. Limited, one would hope. But there will be an engagement.

as long as we don't put boots on the ground? no. no no no.

stay out of syria.

Too late for that. We said we'd do something if he uses chemical weapons. He used chemical weapons. And we'll do something.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Yeah but we told Assad not to cross that line and promised consequences if he did. Well, he did. Now what?

There'll be an engagement of some sort. Limited, one would hope. But there will be an engagement.

Too late for that. We said we'd do something if he uses chemical weapons. He used chemical weapons. And we'll do something.

We're not Assad's daddy. We don't have to follow up at all.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

We're not Assad's daddy. We don't have to follow up at all.

We will. No doubt in my mind.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Yeah but we told Assad not to cross that line and promised consequences if he did. Well, he did. Now what?

Obama can ask him nicely to please stop.