Syria Intense Negotiations at the White House with Members of Congress

While Congress must decide from September 9 on a limited military action in Syria, Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State John Kerry began a campaign of lobbying elected .

A limited U.S. attack against the Syrian regime now depends on the approval of Congress . In anticipation of the discussions that will take place from 9 September, the U.S. president , Barack Obama, has launched an intense lobbying campaign to convince skeptics of the elected Congress to vote in favor of strikes against Syria.

Monday and Tuesday, the president, vice president , Joe Biden, and the chief of the White House will multiply phone calls to members of the House of Representatives and the Senate , according to a senior official of the Presidency .

" Do nothing encourage Assad and his allies "

" In all the calls and briefings, we martèlerons the same basic argument : if we do nothing against [ Syrian President Bashar ] Assad , the deterrent impact of international regulations against the use of chemical weapons will weakened and this may encourage Assad and his main allies - Hezbollah and Iran - who will see a flagrant violation of international standards is of no consequence , "said the senior official .

But convincing politicians of the merits of an intervention is not easy as the reluctance many appear , even in the camp of the Democrats. " In my mind, it is far from settled . Trend in my camp is rather ' do not go there ' and I have not heard anything that would make me believe that I should have a different position " said Michael Burgess, Republican of Texas.

"I'm still very skeptical about the president's proposal . The results we can expect from this attack are not clear . - Will it work? I do not know what more can be seen by Iran response by the Syrians against Israel and against us in terms of terrorism, " listed Jim Himes , democrat of Connecticut . "I do not know whether we have a real international support , " he added.

Barack Obama said the Western military response would be limited in duration and scope , and does not involve ground troops.

John Kerry some support from Congress

On CNN , Secretary of State , John Kerry, has predicted that the U.S. president would get the support that claim, but refused to consider a possible red light of Congress. In fact , Barack Obama has the right to lead this military action without specific authorization.

The House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate , on vacation until September 9 , discuss each in plenary sessions from that date, and the Senate will vote this week, is committed Harry Reid, leader of the Democratic majority .

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