US President Barack Obama has said he is “proud” that he stood up to intense pressure in 2013 and refused to order airstrikes against Syria on allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons near Damascus.
The war rhetoric against Syria intensified after foreign-backed militants accused the Presdeint Bashar al-Assad government of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21, 2013.
Damascus had denied the accusations, saying the attack was carried out by the militants themselves as a false-flag operation.
In mid-September 2013, the UN investigation team confirmed the use of sarin in the Ghouta attack. The team’s mandate did not include assigning blame for the attack.
Later on, US military officials confirmed that Daesh (ISIL) terrorists – who were trained by the CIA to destabilize the Assad government – have chemical weapons facilities in Iraq and Syria.
In an interview published by the…