highly likely both that the syrian regime has continued to use chemical weapons since then and will continue to do so. this must be stopped. we have sought to use every diplomatic channel, but our efforts have been repeatedly thwarted. following the sarin attack back in august 2013, the syrian regime committed to dismantle its chemical weapon program and russia programmed to ensure that syria did this overseen by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. but these commitments have not been met. a recent report from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has said that syria s declaration of its former chemical weapons program is incomplete. this indicates that it continues to retain undeclared stocks of
the pictures of the children were not fake news. they were the results of humanity. the united states, france and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime illegal chemical weapon program. the strikes were planned to minimize civilian casualties. the responses were justified and legitimate and proportionate. the united states and its allies did everything we could to use the tools of diplomacy to get rid of assad s arsenal chemical weapons. we did not give diplomacy one chance, we gave diplomacy chance after chance, six times. that s how many times russia vetoed security council resolutions to address chemical weapons in syria. our efforts go back further.
analysis of incidents, we judge it highly likely they have continued to use chemical weapons since then and will continue to do so. this must be stopped. we have sought to do so using every possible diplomatic channel. our efforts have been thwarted on the ground and the united nations. back in august, 2013, the syrian regime committed to dismantle the chemical weapon program and russia promised to ensure that syria did this, overseen by the organization of prohibition of chemical weapons. these conditions have not been met. a recent report from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons said that syria s declaration of the former weapons program is incomplete. this indicates it continues to retain undeclared stocks of
national security adviser stephen hadley and ali errishi. before we go any further, this is a bad guy, we get it. he s bombing and killing his own people and yet both of you willing had dealings with him. you as part of the bush administration when it opened relationships with moammar gadhafi. why? we know he s been a bad guy for four decades, so why deal with him? well, it was a very difficult decision, but what we got for being willing to resume relations with libya is that he gave up his weapons of mass destruction, his nuclear program, his chemical weapon program. that s all all that hardware is now in the united states. he also provided compensation to the victims of care. he got out of the terror business. it was a difficult decision. yes, he did. i think the wisdom of what we
national security adviser stephen hadley and ali errishi. this is a bad guy, we get it. he s bombing and killing his own people and yet both of you willing had dealings with him. you as part of the bush administration when it opened relationships with moammar gadhafi. why? we know he s been a bad guy for four decades, so why deal with him? well, it was a very difficult decision, but what we got for being willing to resume relations with libya is that he gave up his weapons of mass destruction, his nuclear program, his chemical weapon program. that s all all that hardware is now in the united states. he also provided compensation to the victims of care. he got out of the terror business. it was a difficult decision. de? yes, he did.