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As senator mccain heading to cairo. what is the politics? give us a bit of back scene in terms of the president reaching out. >> the politics are pretty bipartisan right now. youre getting a lot of praise not only from lindsey graham but a lot of other republicans and a bunch of democrats for the steps the u.s. is taking now as the state department says an abundance of caution. officials are nervous now. they are worried about what they see as a potential out there. they have been told this coul...

Ambassadors will be gone. and what has changed in syria is the consequence. i think the fact of the matter this issue is extraordinarily sensitive. at the same time, it is not as horrible or as dramatic as it is portrayed. if you look at the world in recent years, the horrible war in sri lanka, the killings in rwanda, and the deaths in libya and so forth. you know, lets have a sense of proportion here. this is a part of the world in which all of a sudden if we are not intelligent about it we can...

Is there any way for sanctions to be pushing through without china and russias support? >> probably not. they wouldnt veet as much as abstain but the united states has the ability to do things on its own. rather than weak sanctions, we should have strong sanctions unilaterally. >> what timeline? how far along is the -- david petraeus said not in 2010 but while this back scene, behind the scenes diplomacy is going on, it gives iran time. >> theyre not stopping. they continue to build nuclear weap...