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The reason given is, we should stay out of it. i was just talking to monica crawly about this. we should stay out of it, theyre all bad people. you remove one, al qaeda comes in. and yours is a little bit more subtle, if you had somebody -- i made that point earlier, that if you had a commander in chief, people had confidence in, it would be a lot easier to say, do it, because they dont have confidence to this commander in chief. i think theres a lot of ideology in this, in play here. >> im righ...

The very least american participation is delayed, then i have a little more time on my hands to hide stuff. right? >> when i went to afghanistan i used to always tap their wrists and say you got the weapons -- you got the watches, we got the time. well wait you out. assad is looking at this as a fight to the finish. he knows if doesnt win, he dies, so does his entire family. he come -- wont come to some negotiates. he is moving his chemical weapons, moving his warmaking ability, anything that is...

Biblical finds theyre going to keep fight. the united states needs to find a way to get off middle east oiled and make sure the oil-rich countries or no longer rich and then we have a few options once president obama said heres the red line, any parent knows you put a red line down-somebody will call your bluff and that happened. theyll call his bluff again. >> but the president is also a lawyer and surrounded by a lot of very smart lawyers, and they might say, we are not here to do regime chang...

Political support measure. >> let me suggest to you how thin skinned the president is. he made an ill-advised dumb statement in august of 2012 over a year ago saying were neutral now because it doesnt affect the outcome of the syrian civil war doesnt affect our national security. unless they use chemical weapons then well visit our neutrality. we dont know if they used chemical weapons it appears they might have used chemical weapons. now his bluff has been called. are we going to get involved i...

Get congressional authorization before any kind of military strike and now hes calling their bluff. not only consultation but authorization. hes giving them the responsible if theres a military strike that its members of congress who are also responsible? >> sure. its a risk. i think hes a calculated risk taker. it was a calculated risk for the junior senator from illinois to take on hillary clinton and to take out bin laden when many top advisors were saying if this goes wrong it would be damag...

Happen. so what are the presidents goals in all this? the president and secretary of state kerry both said he want to punish assad for using chemical weapons, and we want to deter, prevent, encourage him not to use them again. neither of those things are going to happen. the punishment is not going to fit the crime, and what happens if assad, again, calls president obamas bluff, uses those chemical weapons again. >> right. and where does that leave us now? secretary of state kerry, he went on al...

If we, for example, arm the rebels. what happens if they prevail? maybe hair al qaeda? the chief of staff, were not sure the rebels, they dont end up in the hands of al qaeda. topples saddam hussein. who takes its place? maybe al qaeda. a punitive attack, were not talking about getting rid of the chemical weapons. just talking about getting rid of key sites. what happens if assad says, i have a lot more chemical weapons left. im going to call your bluff. >> and all of your years in washington, a...

Wait a minute and lets go see and go through the process after weve lost -- after theyve spent 100,000-plus lives, 1,500 plus on chemical weapons, it is clumsy. i will give the president credit for calling their bluff after he drew the red line in the sand about using chemical weapons, but i think theres a lot of confusion among the american public. now were going to mix the politics with it and were going to send it to congress and its going to get more confusing and more awkward, because our c...

Because youre saying to avoid a default -- >> we will end up paying our debts. i have no doubt about that. >> when? on time? >> on time. >> well, then its a bluff. >> its a negotiation. i think that there is lots of different ways -- >> stick with the hostage metaphor. its the only way it works. >> with dynamite says ill blow this way up if you dont get red of the affordable care act? >> it only works if youre willing to kill the hostage. youre right, chris. >> republicans like ted cruz see this...

Baby in half. the one who said lets cut the baby in half is not the mother. your right wing party is willing to cut this baby in half. bring the government down to make your point. the political faction that is willing to destroy the credibility of the american dollar and our credibility to pay our debts is willing to kill the baby, arent you? you call it leverage. >> let me ask you. if every republican vote no against the limit, would every democrat vote yes on extending it if it was clean? i b...