"I think the president's in a predicament here, John. I think, you know, he told Iran, told the Iranian authorities not to attack the people when they were protesting. Then they carried out this hideous slaughter, this hideous slaughter that killed, we know, tens of thousands of people, just ghastly! He said that help was on the way, as we heard Lindsey Graham point out in that piece by Jennifer."
"And, you now, he'd warned them not to do it. He said if-, that what might come if they did would be worse than what happened before when took out a big piece of their nuclear capabilities. So he's in a situation where, you know, he needs to do something, replied Hume. Roberts followed up by playing a video clip of Obama making his now-infamous statement promising that there would be enormous consequences if then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons back in 2012."
President Trump faces a dilemma after warning Iranian authorities not to attack protesters and promising help; Iranian forces then carried out a brutal crackdown reportedly killing tens of thousands. The president signaled consequences that could exceed prior actions against Iran's nuclear capabilities, creating expectations of retaliation. Seeking nuclear negotiations with a regime that has repeatedly proven untrustworthy risks public perception that he came up short. Comparisons to a prior failure to enforce a declared "red line" over chemical weapons raise concern that failing to follow through could damage U.S. credibility and deterrence.
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