Monday, September 02, 2013

Gorbachev warns of Syrian intervention risks


Obama has faced criticism for alleged indecisiveness and for passing the ball to US lawmakers after previously taking a hawkish tone over an alleged chemical attack in Syria.

"If he's not decisive enough in shooting and bombing, I think it's a good kind of indecisiveness," Gorbachev told a conference of Green Cross International, a peace and environmental organisation he founded in 1993, two years after his Kremlin ouster.

"If, however, they decide to shoot without regard for the opinion of the people everywhere, including the United States, then I think the consequences could be very bad," he warned .... http://www.thelocal.ch