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The US defense chiefs have said that Washington’s objectives in Syria are limited to deterring additional chemical weapons attacks by Bashar al-Assad.
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Comparing the Nazi leader with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Spicer told journalists during his regular press briefing at the White House: “We didn’t use chemical weapons in world war two. You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
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The White House press secretary told reporters that ‘someone as despicable as Hitler didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons’ and said Russia must consider if Syria is a ‘country and a regime you want to align yourself with’ during the press briefing on Tuesday. When asked to clarify his remarks, Spicer explained by adding, ‘He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing’ and referred to concentration camps as ‘Holocaust centers’.
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