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Funding. if you dont like the thousand american troops that are helping to destroy isil, cut off funding. be consistent here. i want more american troops, 5,000 or 6,000 like we have in iraq o to help destroy isil. that means it will accelerate the demise of isil. i want to train opposition forces to take assad down. hes a threat to the united states because hes a proxy of iran. hees used chemical weapons, violated a treaty that he signed. i think it is up to us to enforce thatat treaty. were on...

To win the war on isil or replace assad. >> so you think syria, a sovereign country not mentioned at all in the current world organization, somehow you can send troops into that sovereign nation without having to have congress grant the president more authority there. i think youre in the minority view on that. dont you think, senator? >> no, we already got troops on the ground. i dont see anybody saying cut off funding. if you dont like the thousand american troops that are helping to destroy i...

We need to have more sanctions on russia that would impact the syrian government as well. this is a time i think for president trump, hes recognizing this is a greater challenge. i think nikki haley plays a little more of the bad cop role in pointing out russias atrocities. it is clear that these childrens blood is on the hands of assad and putin. these regimes are working together and the united states will need to find a way not only in the international community. it is not just being critica...

We need to have more sanctions on russia that would impact the syrian government as well. this is a time i think for president trump, hes recognizing this is a greater challenge. i think nikki haley plays a little more of the bad cop role in pointing out russias atrocities. it is clear that these childrens blood is on the hands of assad and putin. these regimes are working together and the united states will need to find a way not only in the international community. it is not just being critica...

Assad in power. what did i learn today? that we will not help anyone in syria who wants to take assad down. so, what weve learned today is that obama has given syria to russia and iran. they will dictate the future of syria at a minimum have a veto of what happened in syria, which means this war never ends. thats why this is a half-ass strategy. you dont have the right construct. the pyk is not the force to rely upon to destroy isil within syria. if youre not willing to put military pressure on ...

>> but not right away. the president would first ask congress. the next day, sunday, the administration begins to make its case, that the regime ordered a gas attack, and on monday the president makes his pitch to mccain, and he sounds supportive. >> we have to bring assad down. >> and then house leaders talk about a strike. >> were not going to tolerate this type of behavior. >> he crossed a line kwraougz chemical weapons. >> but when the officials face a senate panel there is a mixture of supp...

They are fascinated how some prominent americans are coming down on the issues. lets define some well known people. president bush avoided speaking of current issues, but says he will meet on friday. quote, the human condition elsewhere matters to the security of the united states, unquote. from that we believe bush supports action from assad. president clinton said in june mr. obama would look like a fool and lame if he didnt try to bring assad down, so we believe he supports the action. dick c...

They are fascinated how some prominent americans are coming down on the issues. lets define some well known people. president bush avoided speaking of current issues, but says he will meet on friday. quote, the human condition elsewhere matters to the security of the united states, unquote. from that we believe bush supports action from assad. president clinton said in june mr. obama would look like a fool and lame if he didnt try to bring assad down, so we believe he supports the action. dick c...

They are fascinated how some prominent americans are coming down on the issues. lets define some well known people. president bush avoided speaking of current issues, but says he will meet on friday. quote, the human condition elsewhere matters to the security of the united states, unquote. from that we believe bush supports action from assad. president clinton said in june mr. obama would look like a fool and lame if he didnt try to bring assad down, so we believe he supports the action. dick c...

Contra affair or it could be assad using chemical weapons, he becomes one of the better prosecutors in the united states. >> reporter: through the years, kerrys relationship with syria is as complicated and convoluted as americas. just four years ago, he served as unofficial envoy, meeting with president bashar al assad in damascus in a friendly setting that seems, at best, uncomfortable, at worst, hypocritical today. more recently, however, kerry has been a firm and vocal supporter of action to...