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>> one thing youre missing, jim, that were not only the nation that have got men and women in the armed forces. true, our elite population does not enlist to join as a volunteer army. but were not the only country that got young people. and i dont see any reason that i can explain to my constituents that their boys and their husbands and their brothers and their sisters should be going off to fight this monster for a civil war and have that as a priority to homelessness, joblessness, and all the...

He is defeated on a matter of urgent national security as he sees it, is he still credible as president, as commander in chief? >> credibility, i hope it doesnt fall, because the president said that he has drawn a red line. if you think or if anyone thinks that drawing a red line that means that a president can commit the united states to war without the support of the congress, that just happens to be wrong. from a constitutional professor, i would say that would be more embarrassing than anyth...

Decision for president obama. i think he thinks its good for american democracy to give congress this choice, but i think its also a very, very risky decision. >> i think this is a third election. i think its a tough one. thank you. coming up, dont be surprised if president obama needs democrats, lots of democrats to win a majority in congress, because he aint going to get many republicans. were going to talk to two democrats who represent the split in the democratic party. one is for the strike...

Of tied in today with the idea, well, well support you, they said on sunday, but this means you got to help was the rebels too. in other words, its like chinese handcuffs. the president says ill do this. next thing he is committing himself to helping the rebels more than he is. isnt he being dragged into the war by the hawks, by supporting them? >> both presidents reagan and clinton used strategic strikes. they knew that they had the ability and they used it in a timely and proportionate fashion...

Russia and putin has the sochi olympics coming up fast in 2014 as we get into the new year, the winter olympics in the southern part of russia and there are populations of peoples from that region who are expelled from the russian empire into the ottoman empire into what is now syria, 150 years ago and theres been lots of threats from terrorist groups and individuals in syria to bring back terrorist attacks to the old -- >> yes, yes. i read this. fiona, i want to go back to simon and have you ra...

Regional geopolitical power broker and defines the region broadly. >> let me ask you this, fiona, on a lower level, is it possible putin is simply acting like charles de gaulle did in the 60s and late 50s? he wanted to make life difficult. that was the gaullest strategy. be difficult. is there a part that doesnt want to be friendly to obama, simply as that? >> absolutely. this plays extremely well at home. the whole story about sending out delegations of the russian doom and the russian parliame...

It could very well splatter all over the globe if we go after assad and do him damage. mr. vladimir putin is a man of tremendous pride and will have to react somewhat negatively to us. >> i think what putin is most worried about is the splattering a little bit closer to home. its the blowback over what we could see over the implosions in syria, but specific blowback for russia, itself. beyond some of the issues that simon has alluded to, some of the more micro-level interests in syria, itself, t...

Civil war in syria, u.s. relations with syria have been strained due to russian support for syrian president bashar al assad. an now there is this. putin is proposing sending a delegation of russian lawmakers to lobby the u.s. congress to oppose a military strike on syria. the back and forth between the u.s. and russia has greatly increased tensions between two countries that had worked hard for years to become global partners after the dark ages of the cold war. joining me right to discuss this...

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