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What you say. why would anyone want to be the ally of the united states? and john kerry, congress, it would be an unbelievably small strike. which makes no sense to me. how would that eliminate chemical weapons or bring the civil war to an end in syria or change anything at all in syria? and to show you knuckle heads are not on the same page, youd then disagree with your own secretary of state. >> the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad ...

Some members of congress have said theres no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to asaad that no other nation can deliver. >> with a combat nation ready task force still posed off the course of syria, theres no doubt that we can wreak serious havoc on the forces of the dictator. as the president just said, the u.s. military does not do pinpricks. the critics compl...

What you say. why would anyone want to be the ally of the united states? and john kerry, congress, it would be an unbelievably small strike. which makes no sense to me. how would that eliminate chemical weapons or bring the civil war to an end in syria or change anything at all in syria? and to show you knuckle heads are not on the same page, youd then disagree with your own secretary of state. >> the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad ...

Some members of congress have said theres no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to asaad that no other nation can deliver. >> with a combat nation ready task force still posed off the course of syria, theres no doubt that we can wreak serious havoc on the forces of the dictator. as the president just said, the u.s. military does not do pinpricks. the critics compl...

Forward to at least appear stronger and to negotiate better, and to get the best deal you have to be tough, and we saw that from john kerry, and there have been times when john kerry and president obama havent been singing on the same song sheet. so, they have to be, i think, also more consistent. kerry said im not asking you to delay the vote when he was before congress, and hours later president obama was saying i want to delay the vote. so going forward, certainly the administration needs to ...

Weapons or get rid of president assad? the message is conflicted. >> the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. >> reporter: theres been not been a strategy. >> focussing on chemical weapons does nothing to halt the role of iran inside of syria. >> it would be either regime change or complete elimination of chemicals. a strike isnt going to eliminate them. >> why the administration official tell the washington post as kerry prepared to meet the russian foreign minister two weeks ago the u.s...

Told americans why his administration is certain syrian president ba bashar al assad regime is responsible for a sarin gas attack the u.s. government said killed more than 1400 civilians. >> in the days leading up to august 21st weshg know assads chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area where they mix sarin gas. they distributed gas masks to their troops. then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clea...

Worth acting if we dont take out assad. some members of congress said there is no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear, the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i dont think we should remove another dictator with force. we learned from iraq doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. but a targeted strike can makes a sad or any other dictator think twice...

Giving the speech tonight i think was a mistake. >> hold on to that second thought. let stephanie cutter react to that. was the speech tonight a mistake? >> absolutely not. newt, there is no reason why he cant give two speeches. i think the country was calling for a speech like that. if he made a persuasive case, the clearest case why we must act. in terms of a pinprick versus a small attack to address newts criticism, i think the president is right, the military doesnt do pinpricks, and the who...

>> our action would be designed to limited in duration and scope. >> and what assad feels in terms of our response will not be a pinprick, he will know it when it happens. >> limited design will not be used to solve the entire syrian problem. >> that is exactly what were talking about doing, unbelievably small limited effort. >> the united states doesnt do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. >> well keep the pressure on a syrian regime ...