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[00:03.95] From VOA Learning English,
[00:07.08] this is In The News.
[00:09.37] This week, a United States Senate committee
[00:13.15] voted in support of a possible
[00:16.15] American military strike against Syria.
[00:20.73] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
[00:23.81] approved a proposed resolution by a vote of 10 to seven.
[00:29.59] The resolution gives President Barack Obama power
[00:34.03] to take military action against Syria
[00:38.11] because the United States says the Syrian government
[00:42.40] used chemical weapons against civilians.
[00:46.93] The resolution calls for limited U.S. action
[00:51.41] lasting no more than 90 days.
[00:55.01] It does not permit the use of American ground troops in Syria.
[01:01.19] The resolution now goes to the full Senate.
[01:05.03] The House of Representatives must also vote on it.
[01:10.17] The Senate committee vote came less than a week
[01:14.10] after United Nations chemical weapons inspectors left Syria.
[01:20.62] U.N. officials sent the inspection team
[01:24.06] to investigate an attack that took place 10 days earlier.
[01:29.68] American officials say more than 1,400 people
[01:35.62] were killed in the attack, near Damascus.
[01:39.71] The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
[01:44.73] denies using chemical weapons.
[01:47.52] It says Syrian rebels used them against government soldiers.
[01:54.03] Last Saturday, President Obama spoke to Americans
[01:59.35] and the world about Syria.
[02:01.60] He said U.S. intelligence is clear that
[02:07.15] “well over 1,000 people” were killed
[02:11.13] -- gassed to death by their own government.
[02:14.91] He denounced what he called the worst
[02:18.55] chemical weapons attack of the 21st century.
[02:23.33] President Obama and some leading lawmakers
[02:27.46] have expressed strong support for military strikes against Syria.
[02:33.79] But a recent study found that 59 percent of
[02:38.37] Americans questioned oppose the idea.
[02:43.15] Christopher Hill is a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq
[02:48.28] and a former special representative to Kosovo.
[02:52.71] He supports limited military action against Syria.
[02:57.85] He says the world needs to send a strong signal
[03:02.88] that anyone who uses chemical weapons will be punished.
[03:08.80] “But the problem is we don’t
[03:10.79] have an overall way forward on Syria.
[03:13.23] People are out there fighting in Syria,
[03:15.33] either on Assad’s forces or against Assad,
[03:18.61] because they have no idea what the future of the country
[03:21.46] is going to hold and therefore they feel that in order
[03:24.19] to safeguard their future, they need to fight.”
[03:26.38] Retired U.S. Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni
[03:31.26] agrees with Mr. Hill.
[03:33.05] General Zinni headed “Operation Desert Fox,”
[03:37.13] a series of strikes against Iraq in 1998.
[03:42.32] He says American military action
[03:45.60] will strengthen rebel forces allied with al-Qaida.
[03:50.59] “Any strikes on Assad weaken him.
[03:53.50] When you weaken him,
[03:54.65] you strengthen the opposition.
[03:56.34] Those extremists are also part of the opposition.”
[03:59.93] Some experts say a U.S. military strike
[04:03.81] might incite the Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah
[04:08.50] to attack Western targets or Israel.
[04:12.38] Others say the Syrian military might use
[04:16.67] more chemical weapons against rebels and civilians.
[04:21.59] General Zinni says the situation is like a theatrical production.
[04:27.58] “Once Assad goes -- when, and if
[04:30.51] -- this could even be a greater mess than it is now.
[04:33.20] I mean, this civil war isn’t over
[04:34.80] because it will have an ‘Act Two’ to it.”
[04:37.34] The former general says that “act”
[04:40.53] could see Syrian opposition groups fighting each other
[04:44.76] after President Assad is gone.
[04:47.70] And that’s In the News, from VOA Learning English.
[04:53.33] I’m Steve Ember.
[00:03.95] From VOA Learning English,
[00:07.08] this is In The News.
[00:09.37] This week, a United States Senate committee
[00:13.15] voted in support of a possible
[00:16.15] American military strike against Syria.
[00:20.73] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
[00:23.81] approved a proposed resolution by a vote of 10 to seven.
[00:29.59] The resolution gives President Barack Obama power
[00:34.03] to take military action against Syria
[00:38.11] because the United States says the Syrian government
[00:42.40] used chemical weapons against civilians.
[00:46.93] The resolution calls for limited U. S. action
[00:51.41] lasting no more than 90 days.
[00:55.01] It does not permit the use of American ground troops in Syria.
[01:01.19] The resolution now goes to the full Senate.
[01:05.03] The House of Representatives must also vote on it.
[01:10.17] The Senate committee vote came less than a week
[01:14.10] after United Nations chemical weapons inspectors left Syria.
[01:20.62] U. N. officials sent the inspection team
[01:24.06] to investigate an attack that took place 10 days earlier.
[01:29.68] American officials say more than 1, 400 people
[01:35.62] were killed in the attack, near Damascus.
[01:39.71] The government of Syrian President Bashar alAssad
[01:44.73] denies using chemical weapons.
[01:47.52] It says Syrian rebels used them against government soldiers.
[01:54.03] Last Saturday, President Obama spoke to Americans
[01:59.35] and the world about Syria.
[02:01.60] He said U. S. intelligence is clear that
[02:07.15] " well over 1, 000 people" were killed
[02:11.13] gassed to death by their own government.
[02:14.91] He denounced what he called the worst
[02:18.55] chemical weapons attack of the 21st century.
[02:23.33] President Obama and some leading lawmakers
[02:27.46] have expressed strong support for military strikes against Syria.
[02:33.79] But a recent study found that 59 percent of
[02:38.37] Americans questioned oppose the idea.
[02:43.15] Christopher Hill is a former U. S. ambassador to Iraq
[02:48.28] and a former special representative to Kosovo.
[02:52.71] He supports limited military action against Syria.
[02:57.85] He says the world needs to send a strong signal
[03:02.88] that anyone who uses chemical weapons will be punished.
[03:08.80] " But the problem is we don' t
[03:10.79] have an overall way forward on Syria.
[03:13.23] People are out there fighting in Syria,
[03:15.33] either on Assad' s forces or against Assad,
[03:18.61] because they have no idea what the future of the country
[03:21.46] is going to hold and therefore they feel that in order
[03:24.19] to safeguard their future, they need to fight."
[03:26.38] Retired U. S. Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni
[03:31.26] agrees with Mr. Hill.
[03:33.05] General Zinni headed " Operation Desert Fox,"
[03:37.13] a series of strikes against Iraq in 1998.
[03:42.32] He says American military action
[03:45.60] will strengthen rebel forces allied with alQaida.
[03:50.59] " Any strikes on Assad weaken him.
[03:53.50] When you weaken him,
[03:54.65] you strengthen the opposition.
[03:56.34] Those extremists are also part of the opposition."
[03:59.93] Some experts say a U. S. military strike
[04:03.81] might incite the Shi' ite militant group Hezbollah
[04:08.50] to attack Western targets or Israel.
[04:12.38] Others say the Syrian military might use
[04:16.67] more chemical weapons against rebels and civilians.
[04:21.59] General Zinni says the situation is like a theatrical production.
[04:27.58] " Once Assad goes when, and if
[04:30.51] this could even be a greater mess than it is now.
[04:33.20] I mean, this civil war isn' t over
[04:34.80] because it will have an ' Act Two' to it."
[04:37.34] The former general says that " act"
[04:40.53] could see Syrian opposition groups fighting each other
[04:44.76] after President Assad is gone.
[04:47.70] And that' s In the News, from VOA Learning English.
[04:53.33] I' m Steve Ember.
[00:03.95] From VOA Learning English,
[00:07.08] this is In The News.
[00:09.37] This week, a United States Senate committee
[00:13.15] voted in support of a possible
[00:16.15] American military strike against Syria.
[00:20.73] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
[00:23.81] approved a proposed resolution by a vote of 10 to seven.
[00:29.59] The resolution gives President Barack Obama power
[00:34.03] to take military action against Syria
[00:38.11] because the United States says the Syrian government
[00:42.40] used chemical weapons against civilians.
[00:46.93] The resolution calls for limited U. S. action
[00:51.41] lasting no more than 90 days.
[00:55.01] It does not permit the use of American ground troops in Syria.
[01:01.19] The resolution now goes to the full Senate.
[01:05.03] The House of Representatives must also vote on it.
[01:10.17] The Senate committee vote came less than a week
[01:14.10] after United Nations chemical weapons inspectors left Syria.
[01:20.62] U. N. officials sent the inspection team
[01:24.06] to investigate an attack that took place 10 days earlier.
[01:29.68] American officials say more than 1, 400 people
[01:35.62] were killed in the attack, near Damascus.
[01:39.71] The government of Syrian President Bashar alAssad
[01:44.73] denies using chemical weapons.
[01:47.52] It says Syrian rebels used them against government soldiers.
[01:54.03] Last Saturday, President Obama spoke to Americans
[01:59.35] and the world about Syria.
[02:01.60] He said U. S. intelligence is clear that
[02:07.15] " well over 1, 000 people" were killed
[02:11.13] gassed to death by their own government.
[02:14.91] He denounced what he called the worst
[02:18.55] chemical weapons attack of the 21st century.
[02:23.33] President Obama and some leading lawmakers
[02:27.46] have expressed strong support for military strikes against Syria.
[02:33.79] But a recent study found that 59 percent of
[02:38.37] Americans questioned oppose the idea.
[02:43.15] Christopher Hill is a former U. S. ambassador to Iraq
[02:48.28] and a former special representative to Kosovo.
[02:52.71] He supports limited military action against Syria.
[02:57.85] He says the world needs to send a strong signal
[03:02.88] that anyone who uses chemical weapons will be punished.
[03:08.80] " But the problem is we don' t
[03:10.79] have an overall way forward on Syria.
[03:13.23] People are out there fighting in Syria,
[03:15.33] either on Assad' s forces or against Assad,
[03:18.61] because they have no idea what the future of the country
[03:21.46] is going to hold and therefore they feel that in order
[03:24.19] to safeguard their future, they need to fight."
[03:26.38] Retired U. S. Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni
[03:31.26] agrees with Mr. Hill.
[03:33.05] General Zinni headed " Operation Desert Fox,"
[03:37.13] a series of strikes against Iraq in 1998.
[03:42.32] He says American military action
[03:45.60] will strengthen rebel forces allied with alQaida.
[03:50.59] " Any strikes on Assad weaken him.
[03:53.50] When you weaken him,
[03:54.65] you strengthen the opposition.
[03:56.34] Those extremists are also part of the opposition."
[03:59.93] Some experts say a U. S. military strike
[04:03.81] might incite the Shi' ite militant group Hezbollah
[04:08.50] to attack Western targets or Israel.
[04:12.38] Others say the Syrian military might use
[04:16.67] more chemical weapons against rebels and civilians.
[04:21.59] General Zinni says the situation is like a theatrical production.
[04:27.58] " Once Assad goes when, and if
[04:30.51] this could even be a greater mess than it is now.
[04:33.20] I mean, this civil war isn' t over
[04:34.80] because it will have an ' Act Two' to it."
[04:37.34] The former general says that " act"
[04:40.53] could see Syrian opposition groups fighting each other
[04:44.76] after President Assad is gone.
[04:47.70] And that' s In the News, from VOA Learning English.
[04:53.33] I' m Steve Ember.
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