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The rebels. i agree with senator mccain we should arm the rebels. this is opportune time do that. step two is his most vulnerable military capability he has, bill, is his air power and it is deaf stating for him in terms of impact on the people. there are 20 airfields that are usable in syria, but he is only using six primary airfields where he has the infrastructure, fuel, munitions, command-and-control, maintenance capability. we can deal with all of those airfields, the airplanes on it the an...

We now have 1 million children who are refugees. by the way, who will grow up to hate us because they feel strongly we have abandoned them, with some justification. we have these countries destabilized in the region. so its horrific what has happened and the president has yet to really talk directly to the american people about this situation. i think he could get support for supporting these rebels and not for boots on the ground, but assads air power is really critical in this scenario. hes fl...

Clinton came out, i think he was also with the vineyard. he lobbed a few missiles into empty tents in afghanistan and showed the world he was unserious. after that was the cole. after that was 9/11. an attack here like that will do absolutely nothing. it was outlined by general keen earlier in the show. there are assets. its the airfields. its air control now that gives assad the upper hand and the opportunity to win this war. and we can stop that with weapons that do not involve going over syri...

Against, his fellow republican and embattled governor bok mcdonnem bob mcdonnell. there actually is going to be a republican foe for the democrat to face in november. were going to talk to former giuliani deputy who hopes gotham keeps up an interestingly long streak of not electing a democratic mayor. good morning from washington. its august 26, 2013. this "the daily rundown." my first reads of the morning. the obama administration is stepping up plans for military action against syria put toget...

Sophisticated -- >>brian: theres much more risk here than libya? much more risk here than iraq. if were going in, what are we targeting? who are we targeting? >> what i would do is target the airfields, the enemy seed, what we call suppression of the enemy air defense. thats got to be done initially. the sam sites, air defense bases for the fighters and then the ground-control intercept radar sites. so you blind them out and then you go for the barracks, for the chemical warfare m.o. storage sit...

There are geopolitical consequences from any selection you select to use and all of them have adverse consequences. if you desire to shift the momentum back to the rebels and move in the direction of a favorable outcome. two things can be done. arm them with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons. not small arms which i believe the united states is doing. and conduct a limited standoff attack against syrian air force using primarily cruise missiles. you can take down his airfields. take down the in...

Plans on a no-fly zone in the article that you coauthored in "the wall street journal", you had a bit of a different plan. tell our viewers if you would, general keane, what are you suggesting we should do? >> i think two things we should do. give rebels the air defense system the stinger missiles that the cia have vetted. there are groups they have confidence in that could handle the weapons and not fall into the hands of the radicals. not that there wouldnt be some risk, there would be. secret...

Nonetheless in my judgment the greater risk is to do nothing. even though there obviously is some risk present. also, i think as a result of the use of chemical weapons we should certainly -- we have the capability to take down some of bashar al-assads air power, his airfields, his airplanes themselves, his struc infrastructure and certainly we can tell him were going to do that, do it and as a result of that if he continues to use chemical weapons well do more of it. certainly that makes sense ...

You can do this by taking out the airfields. targeted cruise missile strikes or a similar ordnance against these air foofields could knockm out. without the air power, without the scuffle missiles, and that could be a significant impact on the regime to pursue war at the escalated level it is pursuing it now. and might actually provide the sort of game changer that we want and open doors to areas, possibly even, you know, to political negotiated transition because that might then force assad to ...

Every if the of last 20 years said something uncompromising he must stand behind or risk having his words seem empty and resolve of the united states seem nonexistent. the trouble with making a declarative red line statement as the president did, if somebody steps over the line you got to act. otherwise, youre regarded as empty and vaccuous. >> more specifically in the legitimate sense he would legitimate the use of chemical weapons if he fails to take any action here. that is really the issue a...