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>> yeah, that is correct what i just said to you, john zarrella. you see the bow of a boat and then way in the distance you can see land. i just, i just hope she makes it. because how terrible if she couldnt make it and shes only five miles out. >> i know. but, you know what, though, that is very true. but the reality is, what an incredible story of perseverance and endurance. shes been trying this for 35 years, five different times. this is the fifth try. she said this would be it. this would b...

I-im not but one of the things im committed to do is make sure im available to the commander-in-chief. if he wants to come to congress, im going to listen to whatever he says on both classified and unclassified, but so far i havent seen the strategy that he has laid out. one of the things i would be absolutely opposed to is this shooting a strike across the bow or slapping them in the face and thinking we can just get out of there thats not what our military is set up to do. thats not what we sh...

>> look, there is a scenario there that the limited -- the very limited use of force that he is talking about somehow has the effect of sending that shot across the bow, and it in some way deters assad or degrades his capacity. more likely, weve watched this movie before, this will be like one of those strikes against saddam hussein. assad will hunker down, there will be two, three days of strikes, there will be some degradation of his capacity. but it wont really change much. this is a fight to...

I know that there are going to be people in the republican and democratic parties who for policy reasons will oppose. others are tempted to hang the president out there by voting no. when they do that, theyre not just hanging the president out there, theyre hanging america out there, compromising our credibility in the world. so i appeal to fellow members of congress, give the president the authority he asked for. incidentally, the fact that he has waited now, gone to congress in my opinion has ...

And washingtons flying wedge of experts suggested the best case scenario such as negotiation. when did negotiation with a tyrant in the middle middle east ever work? and then there was talk of firing a shot over syrias bow and overthrow the regime. the ghost of iraq was everywhere. nevertheless, advocates for all out regime change invoked emerson and said if you strike at a king you must kill him. good advice for doing nothing. after the british par l parliament and the security council said no ...

There will be people in the republican and democratic parties who for policy reasons willow pose the resolution the president asked for. there will be other es tempted hang the president out there. when they do that, they will not just hang the president out there, they will hang america out there and compromising our ability in the world. i appeal to my fellow members of the congress, give the president the authority he asked for. incidentally, the fact that he has waited now and gone to congre...

Bow. >> assad has his back to the wall. this is a question of survival for him. hell use whatever means he has at his disposal. the idea to warn him and say we want you to tie your hand behind your back and not use chemical weapons because its bad but you can go on fighting, well, this is nuts. hes going to use everything at his disposal every chance he gets. in iraq, one of the things weird about the iraq war is that at the end of it, we spent so much time and money looking for weapons of mass ...

Debating whether limited air strikes or not. you know, there are a lot of people who said, were going to fair the shot across the bow. >> what does that accomplish? >> it suggests you missed the target so that was strange language. if it is a limited strike, is that enough to roll him back conventionally as well as the potential use of chemical weapons? what is the goal? this will be the debate about how far to go. >> chuck, before i let you go. let me ask but the resolution that they are sendin...

Now and he will do this very, very unhappy and in my opinion it will not be convincing. its not somehow or another hell alter the logic of the situation on the ground with pinpricks. ive written a piece, which i sent to you in "bloomberg" which basically said destroy the regime or hold your fire. if youre not going to destroy the regime, there is no use for a short force. >> what do you think? >> destroy the regime like say saddam hussains regime and get involved on the ground, occupy the countr...

And none are this harrowing and horrifying to read. i mean, the graphic detail about the numbers, the specificity, the signals intelligence, the intercepts about people making claims, this is very strong stuff, wolf. and i think it makes a comp compelling case that weve got to do something. as secretary kerry said the risks of inaction probably are very, very great here. >> heres what the president said back in august 2012, a year ago, about that red line. >> we have been very clear to the assad...