Ileana Ros-Lehtinen actually said...

Had the United States been taking a more proactive role in Syria by instituting strict sanctions against Assad's regime it may have changed his calculations on the use of chemical weapons.

Context

Ros-Lehtinen argues for proactive U.S. sanctions against Assad to deter chemical weapon use.

09/03/2013

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