List of Allies Who Are Supporting the U.S. Strike on Syria!
While
Russia and Iran may be up in arms over Thursday’s tomahawk missile
strike on an airbase in Syria, virtually all of the U.S.’s traditional
allies have lines up to support the action.
Here’s a list of nations that have signaled their support for U.S. military action.
Australia
“This was a calibrated, proportionate and targeted response,” Prime
Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters. “The use of these (chemical)
weapons under any circumstance is illegal and abhorrent. It is a
violation of international law. It is a war crime. It is a blatant
contravention of basic principles of humanity.”
The United Kingdom
“The U.K. government fully supports the U.S. action, which we believe
was an appropriate response to the barbaric chemical weapons attack
launched by the Syrian regime, and is intended to deter further
attacks,” Prime Minster Theresa May said through a spokesperson.
Canada
“[I] emphasized that Canada agrees that Assad’s repeated use of
chemical weapons must not continue. In the face of such heinous war
crimes, all civilized people must speak with one voice,” Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau told MPs. “That is why Canada fully supports the
United States’ limited, focused action to degrade the Assad regime’s
ability to launch such attacks. We continue to support diplomatic
efforts with our international partners to resolve the crisis in Syria.”
France & Germany
“After the chemical weapons massacre of April 4th on Khan Sheikhun in
northwestern Syria, a military installation of the Syrian regime was
destroyed by a US air strike last night,” French President Francois
Hollande and Prime Minister Merkel said in a joint statement. “President
Assad bears sole responsibility for this development.”
Israel
“President Trump sent a strong and clear message today that the use and
spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated,” said Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Israel fully supports President Trump’s
decision and hopes that this message of resolve in the face of the Assad
regime’s horrific actions will resonate not only in Damascus, but in
Tehran, Pyongyang and elsewhere.”
Italy
“Italy understands
the reasons for the U.S. military action,” Foreign Minister Angelino
Alfano said in a statement, adding that the strike was “a commensurate
response … and a signal of deterrence against the risks of further use
of chemical weapons by Assad.”
Japan
“Japan supports the U.S.
government’s determination to prevent the spread and use of chemical
weapons,” said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Jordan
“Jordan
considers this a necessary and appropriate response to the continued
targeting of civilians,” government spokesman Mohammed al-Momeni said,
quoted by state news agency Petra.
New Zealand
“In the
absence of an adequate response from the United Nations Security
Council, we can understand why the United States has taken targeted
unilateral action to try and prevent further such attacks by the Syrian
regime, ” said New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully
Poland
“The United States for sure are a guarantor of world peace and order.
And there are situations when you need to react, situations when you
need to take actual action,” spokesman Rafal Bochenek told state
television TVP Info. “We have seen the abuses of the Syrian regime over
the last years – no one had reacted to that.”
Saudi Arabia
“The official source places the responsibility for these military
operations squarely on the Syrian regime,” the Saudi embassy in
Washington said in a statement. “The source praised this courageous
decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to respond to the regime’s
crimes against its people in light of the failure of the international
community to stop the regime from brutalizing its people.”
Spain
“The Spanish government considers that the action taken by the United
States in recent hours against a military base in Syria is a measured
and proportionate response to the use of chemical weapons against the
civil population of the country by the Syrian army,” said the Spanish
government statement.
Turkey
“What happened in Idlib on
Tuesday proved again that the bloody Assad regime show complete
disregard for the prospect of a political transition and efforts to
enforce the ceasefire,” read a statement by Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman
for Turkey’s President Erdogan.
“The destruction of Sharyat
airbase marks an important step to ensure that chemical and conventional
attacks against the civilian population do not go unpunished.”
United Arab Emirites
“The attack on the civilians is a continuation of the heinous crimes
committed by the regime against the Syrian people. It is a blatant
violation of international and humanitarian conventions,” said foreign
affairs minister, Anwar Gargash.
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