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>> well, of course its impossible to predict. but secretary of state kerry did in two years what people thought could never happen with iran. we have real conflict rez looegs lugs and were on the road to real realignment with that country. these things can be done. there was conflict resolution in the neighbor of syria, lebanon. they also experience aid civil war. it was resolved. we had conflict resolution incredibly tough places before. this can happen here and i think the one silver lining is...

But secretary of state kerry did in two years what people thought could never happen with iran. we have real conflict rez looegs lugs and were on the road to real realignment with that country. these things can be done. there was conflict resolution in the neighbor of syria, lebanon. they also experience aid civil war. it was resolved. we had conflict resolution incredibly tough places before. this can happen here and i think the one silver lining is that secretary of state kerry is working and ...

Strategic approach we have adopted to drive isil from syrian and iraqi territory. including the introduction of a significant foreign ground force. hypothetically international. but including u.s. forces. while we have the capability to furnish a u.s. component to such a ground force, we have not recommended this course of action. by seeming to americanize the conflicts in iraq and syria, we could well turn those fighting isil or those inclined to resist their rule into fighting us instead. >> j...

Assort of franchise spores of the people in san bernardino and people in paris, are they going to go away simply because you have a -- you take raqa and have a military defeat in syria and iraq? im not sure. >> hillary, address that point. what do you think at this point? is the connection or the need for a connection, if any, direct connection between what we saw happen and san bernardino and whats happening on the ground with the islamic state? >> well, what we know is that putting more milita...

That 3,000 u.s. troops will solve the problem temperature for airly. but it will solve the problem temporarily. and also whether you have the assort of franchise spores of the people in san bernardino and people in paris, are they going to go away simply because you have a -- you take raqa and have a military defeat in syria and iraq? im not sure. >> hillary, address that point. what do you think at this point? is the connection or the need for a connection, if any, direct connection between wha...

>> you can argue as a progressive responsibility to protect, but the u.s. has no basis in american law or international law, a responsibility to punish. >> there is no responsibility to punish when somebody uses chemical weapons against civilians? >> no, theres not. theres not even precedence. >> of course there is. >> what you do is a fact-finding mission. what kerry has done today should be called for what it is. its another kind of curveball putting it out there on the table. why doesnt he wa...

Believe what were saying for good reason. we made it up last time. >> josh? >> im not one of these people who thinks that all the rebels are good or all the rebels are bad, but there is a bunch of evidence here that i think we should just put into the discussion, especially those march attacks that hillary mentioned. there were signals to intelligence. we caught syrian military commanders talking about this. >> as we did with iraq. we interrogated those iraqis after the fact. colin powell displa...

Execute. >> hillary, hang on. i want to get heather in here. i raised it a minute ago. given how difficult and complex this situation is and given how limited the operation would be if the operation takes place, what happens if it really doesnt change the equation at all, if it doesnt change assads thinking? what happens then? >> weve been pretty explicit that its not going to change the situation in the near term. in another way, it already has changed the equation. for example, assad isnt usin...

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