A top U.S. senator said Tuesday he would support a no-fly zone over Syria in the wake of Friday’s massacre, though the Obama administration pushed back on the question of military force — so far limiting the latest U.S. response to the expulsion’s of Syria’s top diplomat to Washington.
In a coordinated effort, the United States joined allies around the world Tuesday in kicking out Syria’s diplomats. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. government gave Syria’s charge d’affaires 72 hours to leave the country.
Administration officials described the move as a statement by world powers about their collective “revulsion” toward the “vile” killings carried out by the regime and its “thugs.”
But it immediately raised further questions about whether any of those countries, including the U.S., are edging toward the possibility of military action in the country.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Tuesday that he would support a no-fly and no-drive zone in Syria, suggesting the U.S. faces a greater call to get involved militarily in Syria than it did in Libya last year.
“Compared to Libya, the strategic upside of taking out (Syrian President Bashar) Assad is far greater,” he said. “We’ve used force to stop slaughter less strategic and egregious than this.”
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