09-04-2013, 12:49 PM
President Obama, August 20, 2012:
"We have been very clear to the Assad regime -- but also to other players on the ground -- that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.
"That would change my calculus; that would change my equation."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/meast/syria-unrest
President Obama, September 4, 2013:
"I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line."
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/04/politi...?hpt=hp_t1
"We have been very clear to the Assad regime -- but also to other players on the ground -- that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.
"That would change my calculus; that would change my equation."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/meast/syria-unrest
President Obama, September 4, 2013:
"I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line."
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/04/politi...?hpt=hp_t1