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A humanitarian mission? >> it doesnt make sense. we went in and bombed a sovereign nation, used military power which we articulated what we werent going to do before we went in. we werent going to depose gadhafi, werent going to stay long, werent going to stay in command. the question is if weal felt that way why did we intercede in the first place? >> you always hear about the end game and sometimes people in the pentagon are accused of not knowing exactly what the end game will be. in this cas...

Powers, regional powers, extra regional powers like russia and the united states on the battlefield there are simply so many different strategies and different powers that are trying to see their own plans realized on the ground in syria, but russia -- its important to arer that russia does not control the syrian government. they are their most important great power guarantor. iran is absolutely critical for syria on the ground but russia cannot control what the syrian government is doing. we ha...

Outside action. >> i think our strategy in syria as you know, our priority is first the defeat of isis. its through that political process that we believe the syrian people will ultimately be able to decide the fate of bashar al assad. >> reporter: sean spicer seemed to acknowledge both end games. >> i cant imagine a stable and peaceful syria where assad is in power. i think we all recognize that that happens and there can be a multi pronged approach. we are ensuring that isis is contained and t...