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Small high profile attacks difficult to protect against. in a democratic society, we cant guard every landmark. >> neil: youre right about that i wanted to pick your brain on this topic that al-quaida and isis have merged. theyre combining their resources. as far as tackling them ordealing with them, how does that change things? >> its a very dangerous development. it doesnt surprise me since isis an off shoot of al-quaida. isis getting a lot of money and publicity. i think it was a matter of ti...

You know, the red line thing that -- when obama laid down the red line and did nothing when assad obviously used chemical weapons, and then the fact that we have done nothing in response to putin taking to crimea, we refused to arm ukraine, which our allies, i think thats emboldened putin and hes there because he wants to hold on to his port, his only naval port on the mediterranean, and he cant do that if assad falls. if assad is deposed, hes going to lose that port and then finally, what putin...

Isis, al nusra, all of these different groups are focused on removing assad, because they know if he goes they will be the first ones in the door. and what weve seen on the ground, the chaos, the human suffering, what weve seen so far will only grow by many multiples. but well also see now these groups will have all of these capabilities that assad currently has. so you know russia sees the outcome if assad falls. so theyre attacking these islamic extremist groups who are trying to take over thi...

Removing assad, because they know if he goes they will be the first one in the door. and what weve seen on the ground, the chaos, the human suffering, what weve seen so far will only grow by many multiples. but well also see now these groups will have all of these capabilities that assad currently has. so you know russia sees the outcome if assad falls. so theyre attacking these islamic extremist groups who are trying to take over this country and syria, for us in the united states what is in ou...

As a soldier i know very basic concepts. you dont defeat your enemy by also simultaneously helping them at the same time. isis, al nusra, all of these different groups are focused on removing assad, because they know if he goes they will be the first one in the door. and what weve seen on the ground, the chaos, the human suffering, what weve seen so far will only grow by many multiples. but well also see now these groups will have all of these capabilities that assad currently has. so you know r...

Partitioned. lets be honest, if assad falls and jihadis take damascus, that would be worse than if assad stays in power in damascus. that doesnt mean requiring support but requiring him to create an enclave in syria of the kind thats already forming. even if the civil war ends and a country called syria remains, these groups will not live intermingled together again. the west has combined max mallist efforts with minimalist efforts. its the yawning gap between those two thats making putin look s...

100 russian naval infantry troops on the ground, the equivalent of u.s. marines and dozens of vehicles. russia claims it is all aimed at fighting terrorism. >> translator: there are russian military experts in syria who are directing them on the use of military systems delivered. >> reporter: the u.s. says russia is part of the problem and their support of the assad regime has fostered the growth of isis. >> the intent here is unclear about exactly what they are up to and why they are doing it. ...

What russia may do next it could attack isis positions, but a more likely scenario returna attacks syrian rebels fighting president assad. that could clear the way for russia to control what happens in assad falls. for now, the u.s. is trying to shut down russian air routes. initially the cargo planes flew from russia across the black sea to bulgaria and greece and into syria. bulgaria and greece will no longer let russia use their airspace. the new route down the caspian sea, across iran and ir...

Qaeda, then i think the enemy of your enemy is still your enemy. there is no guarantee this conflict will remain assad versus everybody. there are hundreds of groups here with different motivations and they may be nominally aligned until assad falls and then without him they could fight each other and thats already happening. last month a free syrian army battled al qaeda. and finally, the hawks like to say that our core fight in the united states is with violent islamist extremists around the w...

Control of the chemical weapons that are in syria. theres other chemical weapons. uvx, sarin gas, mustard gas, phosgene, and capable weapons system xabd of projecting these weapons of mass destruction, not just within syria, but into israel, into lebanon, into saudi arabia, jordan and turkey. so whoever comes out on top here, theyre going to have to get under control. whoever we support with whatever we do, if its the possibility of air strikes, were going to have to support the group that is go...