Mr. Speaker, stories from the survivors of Assad's bombings
and chemical attacks are almost impossible to read due to the grotesque
descriptions of innocent people and children suffocating, foaming at
the mouth, and suffering from seizures. If, in 2013, the Obama administration had taken decisive leadership
against the use of chemical weapons, insisted on a U.N. strategy to
isolate Assad and Russia, verified the elimination of Syria's chemical
weapons stockpile, and created no-fly zones, we might have avoided
500,000 innocent deaths and millions of refugees. Through his appropriate and proportionate bombing, President Trump
told Assad that America will no longer ignore the unspeakable acts of
violence against innocent people. We also learned that the U.S.-led
coalition aircraft bombed, last week, pro-regime forces after they
breached a deconfliction zone and advanced on a base occupied by U.S.
special forces.
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