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发帖数: 24733 | 1 President Trump's swift and telegraphed action to punish Syria for a
suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week, by pummeling a key air
base with missiles, was roundly praised by leaders around the world.
Trump, who authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles from Navy warships
in the Mediterranean Sea on an air base near Homs at 3:45 a.m local time,
had said his thinking on Syria had changed following Tuesday's chemical
attack that left scores of civilians dead.
Although Russia and Syrian state television blasted the move as "aggression,
" leaders from around the world solemnly praised the act as a measured and
fair response to dictator Bashar al-Assad's suspected use of chemical
weapons in the town of Idlib on Tuesday.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that "In both
word and action" Trump "sent a strong and clear message" that "the use and
spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated."
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised the U.S. for its airstrike aimed at
an airbase called Shayrat. He called on the world to bring an end to the
atrocities committed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"In the face of the terrible use of chemical weapons against innocent
civilians, the clear and determined steps of the US Administration and
Military under the leadership of President Trump, constitute a fitting and
appropriate response to such unthinkable brutality,” Rivlin said.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed support for the U.S. missile
attack on Friday saying that the country understood and supported the
strategy. Abe added that the strikes were "a means to prevent further
deterioration of the situation" referring to the suspected chemical attack.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters that the
Australian government supported the “swift and just response” of the U.S.
airstrikes.
"This was a calibrated, proportionate and targeted response. It sends a
strong message to the Assad regime, and ... has been struck at the very
airfield from which the chemical attack was delivered,” Turnbull said.
Turkey welcomed the airstrike, calling it an “important and meaningful”
development, but urged the world to take an even tougher stance on Assad.
“We see the (airstrikes) as positive, but we believe that this should be
completed," Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said. "The Assad regime's
barbarism must immediately be stopped."
The attack was criticized by the Syrian government, as well as Russia and
Iran, which back Damascus in the grinding, seven-year civil war that has
ravaged the nation.
The Kremlin said in a statement Friday that the airstrike was an “
aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law.”
President Vladimir Putin believes that the U.S. authorized the strikes under
a “far-fetched pretext,” the statement said.
Russian deputy envoy to the U.N., Vladimir Safronkov, said Russia had warned
the U.S. to "think about what military actions have led to in Iraq, Libya
and other countries," according to the Interfax news agency.
Iran also condemned the airstrikes. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram
Ghasemi said in a statement that the missile strike the “unilateral action
is dangerous, destructive and violates principles of international law.” |
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