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And thats usually the prism i like through to decide whether to send troops overseas. humanitarian is never enough usually for me to do it. but in this case, explain why assad, who is an enemy of this country, along with iran, is one of the two bad actors in the middle east, and a funder of terrorism throughout the middle east, why would that not be a vital national have to take down that regime if it also served the humanitarian interest of stopping the slaughter of 20,000 to 30,000 syrians? >>...

foreign relations richard haass. and former foreign policy adviser to the bush administration, and now advising the romney campaign, dan senor. good to have you both with us. >> good morning. >> a lot to talk about. "the new york times" of course, the headline, 10 allies join the united states in a move to expel syrian diplomats. obviously, the pressure is ramping up. anan is just sweeping aside, according to "the new york times," and other reports, suggestions by assad that he had n...

just this morning russia and china insisted they will block any effort by the council to enforce military intervention. russia has been a longtime ally of syria and has economic interests in the country. the fighting, meanwhile, rages on. more than a month after a cease-fire was supposed to go into effect. today, activists reported that syrian troops began shelling suburbs of damascus and also the central city of homs. the violence reached new heights last were with the massacre of 108...

Fly zone. you have to use air power to go after the people that are killikil killing civilian populations. so given that, do we have something at stake that makes fighting worthwhile. probably not. and by the way, as richard haass pointed out, dan senor, the outcomes would be uncertain. were going to end up with a civil war in syria one way or the other. many of the minorities are still supporting assad. much of the army, certainly their senior leadership, is supportive of assad. so the conseque...