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Middle east. it is diverse. it is stored in different ways. and access to syria is very, very limited as you know. they wont let u.n. inspectors in as well. we are not making any call. >> chris: your people seem more defensative about this, sir. >> our assessments are similar to those of the united states and britain and france. we are looking at the same intelligence material. we have a close intimate intelligence dialogue. we share our intelligence and i think you have seen the results of that...

Greatest terrorist attack since 9/11. >> i want to talk about syria. we will talk about this in the next smet length with the israeli ambassador. i want to ask you guys about it as well. after stating the use of chemical weapons was a red lien this week president obama seemed to back off that. take a look. >> this is not an on or off switch. this is an ongoing challenge that all of us have is to be concerned about. >> chris: senator manchin, as a member of the senate the armed services committee...

Paying much more of a price for inaction than action. >> cross the line you got to do something. whatever it is may not directly affect the chemical weapons use but if it harms the regimes prospects in the war that would at least be a consequence and at least keep the red lien pledge from being hollow. a know fly zone would do that. expensive and dangerous. >> chris: and syrian antiaircraft. >> this isnt mix impossible. just a costly military enterprise that the president seems loath to underis ...

>> chris: also syrias political factors here. if you believe the polls the american people do not want to get involved in another land war or any kind of military involvement in another middle east country. on the other hand as i was discussing with brit if you say there is a red line. >> right, this is a red line. >> chris: and somebody crosses it, is there a price to not doing anything? >> brit is right. the question of where is the cost. politically in a different position certainly than wher...

And that is if the united states decides to arm syrian rebels with lethal weaponry, not just defensive weaponry, that those weapons and those rebels be very carefully vetted. we had a very bad experience with libya where shoulder fired missiles went disappearing quickly and showed up in our backyard and we dont want that to happen again in syria. >> chris: lets talk about the military component and what syria h. intelligence estimates are that 1,000-tons are chemical weapons including serin nerv...

Against its o has it crossed the red line. >> our military made an assessment and looks like a high probability of usage. similar assessment by britain and and france and, yes, by the united states. >> chris: this week israelis top entell against military analyst said this. according to the professional assessment regime has used deadly chemicals against armed rebels. quoted to a march 19 attack which indicate the use of deadly chemical weapons. the white house ambassador says there is not enoug...

Homeland since 9/11. does that change peoples view of president bush the fact that on his watch after 9/11 he kept the country safe? >> i think it could. and i d t it is funny i didnt know that iraq hadnt been mentioned at all. ithood have been mentioned. one thing should have been mentioned. the surge. that was a courageous act by the president against public opinion. against what would probably be perceived as his own and his partys political interest. bit early attacked, savegeed by the democ...

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