Al Arabbiya reports that Syria vows to respond if attacked, warns of World War III
In an exclusive interview with AFP, Faisal Muqdad said the government would counter a potential intervention aimed at punishing the regime of Bashar al-Assad over a suspected deadly poison gas strike and was mobilizing its allies.
“The Syrian government will not change position even if there is World War III. No Syrian can sacrifice the independence of his country,” he told AFP.
“Syria has taken every measure to retaliate against...an aggression,” he added, refusing to provide any clue as to what that might mean.
Muqdad said the regime was mobilizing its allies ahead of a possible strike, as U.S. President Barack Obama lobbies Congress to back intervention and the French parliament debates the issue.
While France FM Ayrault said in a speech to the French National Assembly that
“To not act would be to put in danger peace and security in the entire region. What credibility would our international commitments against non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons stand for?”
I get the feeling something is fishy here.