Tillerson Says U.S. Will Punish ‘Crimes Against the Innocents’ Anywhere
By GARDINER HARRISAPRIL 10, 2017
Boris Johnson said that There is overwhelming support in what the U.S. did,
On Sunday, Mr. Tillerson called Russia "incompetent" for allowing Syria to hold on to chemical weapons,
and he accused Russia of trying to influence elections in Europe using the same methods it employed in the United States.
After the blaring of trumpets and the laying of a wreath at the memorial, Mr. Tillerson approached a small news media contingent to make a three-sentence declaration whose second sentence was: "We rededicate ourselves to holding to account any
and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world." Mr. Tillerson has said little publicly during his tenure as secretary of state so far, and even his counterparts at summit meetings have said that he was unusually silent.
Mr. Tillerson’s statement also seemed bound to intensify a growing rift between the Trump administration
and Russia, where Mr. Tillerson is headed on Tuesday to confront Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, over the countries’ differences in Syria.
Tillerson said that We’re asking and calling on Bashar al-Assad to cease the use of these weapons,
