America Senate committee, on Wednesday, passed a resolution to bomb Syria in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons on August 21 that killed over 1,400 people as they slept in their homes.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10 to 7, with one present, to let President Barack Obama mount a bombing campaign aimed at the Syrian regime's weapons of mass destruction for up to 90 days, albeit within a more limited scope than Obama had requested. Specifically, the committee included language that would prohibit the use of U.S. troops on the ground "for the purpose of combat operations."
The President told Congressional leaders he wants to “degrade Assad’s capabilities”. He said: “We have a broader strategy that will allow us to upgrade the capabilities of the opposition (and) allow Syria ultimately to free itself from the terrible civil war, death and activity that we've been seeing.”
Source: Huff Post
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