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Obama: ‘I Look at Syria’s Children and I See My Own”

by Charlie Spiering President Barack Obama personally empathized with the victims of the Syrian conflict during a speech today, even as he touted his decision not to intervene to stop it with military force. “In Syria, the suffering in the civil war has been heartbreaking,” he said. “To see a nation shattered and hundreds of thousands killed, and millions driven from their homes.” Obama admitted that he could see the faces of his own children in the faces of those suffering violence in Syria. “It is gut-wrenching,” he admitted. “As a father, I look at Syria’s children and I see… View Article