UN Ambassador Nikki Haley On Syrian Attack: 'We Cannot Close Our Eyes' To The Events

BEFORE HE GOT FIRED. I WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN.
NIKKI HALEY IS NOW TALKING AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY
COUNCIL ABOUT SYRIA. LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR EYES TO THOSE PICTURES.
WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR MINDS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT.
WE DON'T YET KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YESTERDAY'S ATTACK, BUT
THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE DO KNOW.
WE KNOW THAT YESTERDAY'S ATTACK BARES ALL THE HALLMARKS OF THE
ASSAD REGIME'S USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
WE KNOW THAT ASSAD HAD USED THESE WEAPONS AGAINST THE SYRIAN
PEOPLE BEFORE. THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY THIS
COUNCIL'S OWN INDEPENDENT TEAM OF INVESTIGAINVESTIGATORS.
WE KNOW THAT YESTERDAY'S ATTACK WAS A NEW LOW, EVEN FOR THE
BARBARIC ASSAD REGIME. EVIDENCE REPORTED FROM THE SCENE
INDICATES THAT ASSAD IS NOW USING EVEN MORE LETHAL CHEMICAL
AGENTS THAN HE DID BEFORE. THE GAS THAT FELL OUT OF THE SKY
YESTERDAY WAS MORE DEADLY, LEAVING MEN, WOMEN, THE ELDERLY,
AND CHILDREN GASPING FOR THEIR VERY LAST BREATH.
AND AS FIRST RESPONDERS, DOCTORS AND NURSES RUSHED TO HELP THE
VICTIMS, A SECOND ROUND OF BOMBS RAINED DOWN.
THEY DIED IN THE SAME, SLOW, HORRENDOUS MANNER AS THE
CIVILIANS THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE.
WE ALL ALSO KNOW THIS. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THIS
COUNCIL ATTEMPTED TO HOLD ASSAD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUFFOCATING HIS
OWN PEOPLE TO DEATH WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS.
RUSSIA STOOD IN THE WAY OF THIS ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY MADE AN UNCONSCIOUSABLE CHOICE AND DENIED THE CONSCIOUS
OF THE WORLD. RUSSIA CANNOT ESCAPE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. IN FACT, IF RUSSIA HAD BEEN
FULFILLING ITS RESPONSIBILITY, THERE WOULD NOT EVEN BE ANY
CHEMICAL WEAPONS LEFT FOR THE SYRIAN REGIME TO USE.
THERE IS ONE MORE THING WE KNOW. WE KNOW THAT IF NOTHING IS DONE,
THESE ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE. ASSAD HAS NO INCENTIVE TO STOP
USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS LONG AS RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PROTECT
HIS REGIME FROM CONSEQUENCES. I IMPLORE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE
A HARD LOOK AT THEIR WORDS IN THIS COUNCIL.
WE REGULARLY REPEAT TIRED TALKING POINTS IN SUPPORT OF A
PEACE PROCESS THAT IS REGULARLY UNDERMINED BY THE ASSAD REGIME.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, RUSSIA USES THE SAME FALSE NARRATIVE TO
DEFLECT ATTENTION FROM THEIR ALLIES IN DAMASCUS.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WITHOUT ANY FACTUAL BASIS, RUSSIA ATTEMPTS
TO PLACE BLAME ON OTHERS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS TRUTH HERE
THAT MUST BE SPOKEN. THE TRUTH IS, THAT ASSAD, RUSSIA
AND IRAN HAVE NO INTEREST IN PEACE.
THE ILLEGITIMATE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT, LED BY A MAN WITH NO
CONSCIOUS, HAS COMMITTED UNTOLD ATROCITIES AGAINST HIS PEOPLE
FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS. >> THAT IS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO
THE UNITED NATIONS, SPEAKING LAST AT THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL. THEY'RE GOING TO THEN VOTE ON A
PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD. IT IS A VERY, VERY MILQUETOAST,
WATERED DOWN PROPOSAL. EVEN THE RUSSIANS MIGHT NOT VETO
IT. THE RESOLUTION MIGHT PASS.

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