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To procure the end of assads capabilities. others have asked if it is worth acting if we dont take out assad. some members of congress have said there is simply no point in 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 that com...

I counted at least 26 different 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 also know syria is a country with a broad middle class. islamists, just because of the nature with the syrians the allies, the sunnis, the christians, is a less islamist society than in the region. but you touch on an interesting ...

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 strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. >> reporter: but facing a likely defeat in congress to authorize military strike -- >> however -- >> reporter: the president then argued against taking action, pointing to a new russian-brokered proposal fo...

Detouring the use of chemical weapons and degrading assads capabilities. others have asked whether its 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 respo...

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 that comes next. but a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator th...

Will report to the country if in fact, the initiative fails. its hard to do two speeches and two weeks. giving the spooet speech tonight i think was a mistake. >> hold on to that second thought. let step knief 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. hef made a persuade sieve case, the clearest case why we must act. in terms of a pinprick versus a smal...

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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 a dictator by force. think twice before using chemical weapons. >> that pinprick remark was a direct reference to this from senator john mccain a week ago. we have to have a plan. it has to be a strategy. it can not be in my view, pinprick cruise missiles. >> above all, the president was making a case for a vision americas role in the ...