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Better or worse if they did this, the retaliation. And i thought the compelling remarks were the most powerful on the chemical weapons war fare. But having said that, he asked congress to postpone a vote, that if it were to be done today or in the next ten days, he would lose. In order to pursue a proposal by the russians, which i think is unlikely to work, but if it does work, it is going to give russia a boost in the region at the expense of the United States. And you know, the tone was just i...

Are sickening. Men, women, children, lying in rows killed by poison gas. Others foaming at the mouth gasping for breath. A father clutching his dead children imploring them to get up and walk we know assad regime was responsible. These things happened. The facts cannot be denied. The question now is what the United States of america and the International Community is prepared to do about it. If we fail to act the assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapon autos after that made...

0 make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use. >> with that said he does think there may be a diplomatic opening. >> we have seen encouraging signs. in part because of the credible threat of u.s. military action. as well as constructive talks i had with president putin. the russian government indicated a willingness to join with the international community in pushing assad to give up chemical weapons. i have therefore asked leaders of congress to postpone a vote to authorize use ...

0 if im assad, i would say look, the presidents right, we can buy time. he is doing it out of weakness. >> so senator john mccain, and senator lindsey graham, the way they think about this. looking at this, this is a huge defeat for the rebels because under that scenario the -- assad is empowered. he doesnt have to worry about us knocking down his buildings with cruise missiles. so the ones that senator lindsey graham and senator john mccain are getting us to help, theyre out of luck. >> well, t...