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Interesting, the most quiet border, israels border, is the border with syria. the seyrisyria/israel border is most quiet of the borders since the peace was negotiated in the golan heights. the regime knows if in any way endangers israeli security, thats the end of the assad dynasty and the end of that regime. >> you heard what nick said, excuse me. nick, what you said about the moral imperative for children. you heard what he said about israel. what is -- put this in a perspective for us for his...

On pause for more than a week to wait for congressional approval. >> well, this is certainly a surprise, and in a sense im not shocked by it. there is a pattern here when he is making national security decisions like he has made, of hesitation, delay, and its been a part of his behavior for some time, and the fact of the matter is, i think the white house is somewhat paralyzed by fear of adverse consequence, and it dominates their thinking. so, what you get in the region, then, strategically, is...

Other administrations have not gone to congress, republican for example. >> good example. thanks for bringing that up. president bush had a coalition of 40 countries that this president criticized him for not having a bigger coalition. what does he got? france, and they may not commit help. turkey is saying, yeah, yeah, yeah. but come on, you dont even have two full countries and he criticized bush? >> the friends of the president say he deeply down feel theres is a moral imperative here. it is ...

On pause for more than a week to wait for congressional approval. >> well, this is certainly a surprise, and in a sense im not shocked by it. there is a pattern here when he is making national security decisions like he has made, of hesitation, delay, and its been a part of his behavior for some time, and the fact of the matter is, i think the white house is somewhat paralyzed by fear of adverse consequence, and it dominates their thinking. so, what you get in the region, then, strategically, is...

More than 60 days then i think it would be imperative to come to congress. i dont think this will be anywhere near 60 days. im comfortable with the president acting on his own. >> are you of the mind set that this is an imminent danger, an imminent threat, if not just to the syrian people but to the united states or allies. do you believe theres any reason to wait a for more days? >> different people can disagree and come up with different conclusions. i think waiting does helps assad. i think a...

To demonstrate there are consequences for crossing a red line, otherwise the ko herein of the global system begins to dissolve. then ironically former defense chief donald rumsfeld, one of the chief iraq war architects saying the president hasnt shown why attacking is in our best interests. >> some people say we look feckless. >> i do think the incredible is online, but also the -- the administration has promised a response. picking up on what mccaffery said here, its a dynamic at home thats add...

What is the plan next. our failing under the bush administration and obama administration has been the failure to anticipate consequences and plan. it is not enough to go to baghdad. it is not enough to depose gha d da fi. you have to plan for what comes next. suppose the president decided on serious military strikes that weakened the assad regime. it collapses and then the al-qaeda and other islamic extremist grab the city of damascus, one of the three most important in the arab world. then wha...

Millions are worried about the high cost of earning that diploma. >> weve got a crisis in terms of college affordability and student debt. >> president obama kicked off the new school year with a two state two day bus tour. >> bottom line is, higher education cannot be a luxury. its an economic imperative. every american family should be able to afford to get it. >> reporter: at the university of buffalo, the president laid out a plan for a new rating system that would tie taxpayer fund to perfo...

Off because you have so much debt. now thats a choice we shouldnt accept. bottom line is higher education cannot be an election. its an economic imperative. every american family should be able to afford to get it. >> david gregory, with a child in college now, i have to say this is all very personal to me. those large bills that i seem to be paying. but theres already push back against the presidents plan. this morning bloomberg is saying that costs will carry on rising despite what hes proposi...

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