In August 2012, Obama explicitly used the term «red line» to describe the point at which Damascus would be faced with an American intervention: «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.» (businessinsider.com)
«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,» Obama told reporters that year. (businessinsider.com)
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. (politics.stackexchange.com)