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Have criticized president obamas plan for a limited military strike against syria saying that it would be no more than a pinprick attack. and the president answered those pricks in his speech last night. >> let me make something clear. the united states military doesnt do pinpricks. even though a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver, i dont think we should remove another dictatorlearned makes us responsible for what comes next, but a targeted strike can ma...

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 clear of opposition forces. >> reporter: he made the case for a military response. >> this would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective. 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 strik...

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 that has murdered its own people...

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 before using chemical weapons. other qu...

Night, president obama told americans why his administration is certain syrian president bashar al assads regime is responsible for a sarin gas attack the u.s. government says killed more than 1,400 civilians. >> in the days leading up to august 21st, we know the that 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...

Tonight. in fact, he backed away in the next paragraph. we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for a dictator and a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice about using chemical weapons. he said on one hand, we dont use pinpricks, we do really big things and in the next paragraph, he said, this will make him think twice before using chemical weapons again. there is a tension there, as he talks to congress. >> karl, thank you, as always. >> you bet. stra...

Weapons and degrading assads capabilities. others have asked whether it is worth acting if we dont take out assad? some members of congress have 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 that doing so makes us responsible for all tha...

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...

Rebel groups, and i dont know whose king. we dont know what were getting on the other end. >> that is correct, but we do know this. civil war grew out of opposition to the government that was mostly secular and western in orientation. we know that assad is in a country with a broad middle class. the allies, the sunnis, the christian christians, is a less islamist society than in the region. but you touch on an interesting point. there was a tension in the presidents speech. the united states doe...

Ourselves into a civil war in syria has a lot of consequences. and that again still has not been thoroughly discussed. >> was a living intervention the wrong thing to do? >> i believe we should have come to congress and had the discussion. i dont believe we should have been doing that. ive dont believe when there is not a clear, present danger to the united states of america we have got to have a long thorough discussion about whether or not we should do that. and i dont see a clear and present ...