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I have no doubt he sanctioned it. nothing gets done in syria these days without assads asent. that country is run like the mafia, like its owned by the family and there is no doubt in my mind. it wasnt the rebels. there is so much evidence that it was him. all the gas was used in rebel held areas. it wasnt used in the stronghold for the government. there is no doubt in my mind. >> why not congressman, why not wait for the united nations investigation? >> well, because the united nations is not i...

You still have to understand the president of the united states has yet to show the world hard evidence that it was, indeed, assad and his criminal regime that did it. craig investigates. >> reporter: the video is powerful and revolting and proves beyond a shadow of doubt that poison gas was used against syrian civilians, including little children on august 21st in a say burr b of damascus. there is not clear evidence linking the attack directly to the syrian dictator or his inner circle. critic...

You still have to understand the president of the united states has yet to show the world hard evidence that it was, indeed, assad and his criminal regime that did it. craig investigates. >> reporter: the video is powerful and revolting and proves beyond a shadow of doubt that poison gas was used against syrian civilians, including little children on august 21st in a say burr b of damascus. there is not clear evidence linking the attack directly to the syrian dictator or his inner circle. critic...

Set off the gas. i mean, the group thats most likely to benefit from that is al qaeda. >> did president bashar assad gas his own people? not according to a group of step ticks, including alex jones. >> i dont know who launched the chemical attack but all the evidence leans towards the rebels having the motive to do it and russians put out a new report saying they have proof the rebels did it back in march of this year. >> all right. so what kind of proof is there that the rebels would do this? i...

Sided with the unknown potential results and hes a military strategist. hes supposed to be the man that thinks these things through. there are second and third order consequences that hes willing to ignore for political purposes. this is my opinion only. lets be very clear on this, as much as those scenes that weve seen of those children are tragic, i dont want to see us go about degrading the command and control system of assad that he can no longer attack his own people but can no longer contr...

Sided with the unknown potential results and hes a military strategist. hes supposed to be the man that thinks these things through. there are second and third order consequences that hes willing to ignore for political purposes. this is my opinion only. lets be very clear on this, as much as those scenes that weve seen of those children are tragic, i dont want to see us go about degrading the command and control system of assad that he can no longer attack his own people but can no longer contr...

The ground. it was used and assad used it. >> if the evidence is so compelling, why doesnt the rest of the world join with the united states? >> i think other nations are not jumping forward because they have the attitude let the united states do it or have their cake and eat it, too. youre absolutely right. it is a disgrace that were not getting asent from other countries. i think the president is right on the money here. this is the united states of america. we have a moral obligation to enfor...

Set off the gas. i mean, the group thats most likely to benefit from that is al qaeda. >> did president bashar assad gas his own people? not according to a group of step ticks, including alex jonow whoe chemical attack but all the evidence leans towards the rebels having the motive to do it and russians put out a new report saying they have proof the rebels did it back in march of this year. >> all right. so what kind of proof is there that the rebels would do this? i mean, the rebels supposedly...

So we cant get everything into the united nations. well have a lot of countries, france of course agree, turkey. the president is putting together a coalition of countries that support us. but we have the where with all to do it. other countries dont have the firepower we have. >> will the presidents own congress agree with him to do it? >> thats a question. i hope so. i think it would be a shame. i do agree with the quote, i think its clear to me that assad is irans proxy in the region, that as...

Not based on what we do in syria. >> the video of the children being gassed is deeply disturbing. im a father of five. but isnt it equally disturbing to see the video of the rebels, the people we would be helping if we were to intervene against assad, the rebels executing the sierran soldiers in another war crime? >> of course. thats why there are no good choices in syria. the worst choice is to do nothing. there are rebels who are well-vetted. the free syria army under the general. these are th...