U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the United States would not now get involved in Syria in the same way as it has in Libya, telling CBS’s “Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer” program in an interview broadcast on Sunday that each case is unique.
Speaking on the same program in an interview that was also taped on Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States had seen signs that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces were retreating to the west because of U.S. air strikes on his armor, logistics and supply chain.
Lieberman disagrees
On the other hand US Sen. Joe Lieberman suggested Sunday he would support military intervention in Syria if its president resorts to the kind of violent tactics used by Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi.
Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told “Fox News Sunday” that if Assad starts slaughtering his own people, he will risk other countries imposing a no-fly zone “just as we’re doing in Libya.” He urged Assad to, instead, negotiate with the “freedom fighters” in his country.
There’s a precedent now that the world community has set in Libya, and it’s the right one,” Lieberman said.
Reuters, Fox
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