Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that limited missile strikes the United States were planning against Syria would constitute an “unbelievably small” attack.
“We will be able to hold [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad accountable without engaging in troops on the ground or any other prolonged kind of effort in a very limited, very targeted, short-term effort that degrades his capacity to deliver chemical weapons without assuming responsibility for Syria’s civil war,” Kerry said at a press conference in London, as quoted by the Guardian. “That is exactly what we are talking about doing – unbelievably small, limited kind of effort.”
Kerry also suggested that Assad could avoid a U.S. attack altogether if he were to turn any chemical weapons he may possess over to the international community within the next week, but acknowledged that scenario would be highly unlikely.
