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As long as congress doesnt vote down that possibility, but its much more conceivably on the table than if they held a vote and knocked it down. whats the point of actually, everybody getting together and debating a resolution that says if something doesnt happen, then we will bomb. leave as is. >> this is a major test for both president obama and president putin to test non-military solutions critic you have a region, moderates in some way coming to power in iran. there is talk about schilling i...

Maybe even get a peaceful resolution, but we wont get a peaceful outcome if we dont get involved. >> look, there is still over 7% unemployed. the economy is still in the tank, incredibly expensive wars in iraq and afghanistan, with no apparent victory, with blood shed to american troops and people. and they say we dont want to meddle in the middle east forever, what do you say to people about that? because clearly it is the majority. >> right, i think we have to say, first acknowledge that we ha...

Have said small, he described the attack as being limited but decisive. that is better phrasing. but i tell you, secretary kerry had a point that -- we have been challenged here. not just by the use of gas, which links bashar al-assad to adolf hitler, but by all that happened in the 30s as the u.s. particularly watched, drawn by isolationism, the fascists moved forward, and finally at a late hour, thank god, decisively. this is a real threat. and if we turn away from it, our allies are going to ...

Jenna: how crucial this address is? not just for the crisis in syria but for the effectiveness of this president and his leadership not just here at home but around the world for the next several years. >> its going to have a major impact. not just the speech but what he does. of course, hes been handed a potential way out if it works out via russia and the agreement on chemical weapons. well see whether that happens. what im going to be looking for tonight is the proportional influence or the p...

Majority. >> right, i think we have to say, first acknowledge that we have had periods in our history when americans have pulled back, almost always following tough economic times and unpopular wars. but almost always that isolationism, if i can over-state the case, has forced us later into conflicts that were much more brutal. i also believe, piers, that american public opinion on the question of syria has been much more fluid than opponents of action, as a result of the chemical weapons would ...

Maybe even get a peaceful resolution, but we wont get a peaceful outcome if we dont get involved. >> look, there is still over 7% unemployed. the economy is still in the tank, incredibly expensive wars in iraq and afghanistan, with no apparent victory, with blood shed to american troops and people. and they say we dont want to meddle in the middle east forever, what do you say to people about that? because clearly it is the majority. >> right, i think we have to say, first acknowledge that we ha...

Which links bashar al-assad to adolf hitler, but by all that happened in the 30s as the u.s. particularly watched, drawn by isolationism, the fascists moved forward, and finally at a late hour, thank god, decisively. this is a real threat. and if we turn away from it, our allies are going to be shaking. the enemies will be bolder. and inevitably, well be drawn into a larger conflict that will later cost us more lives and treasure. that is what happens when you dont stop a bully, a thug, when he ...

Adolf hitler, but by all that happened in the 30s as the u.s. particularly watched, drawn by isolationism, the fascists moved forward, and finally at a late hour, thank god, decisively. this is a real threat. and if we turn away from it, our allies are going to be shaking. the enemies will be bolder. and inevitably, well be drawn into a larger conflict that will later cost us more lives and treasure. that is what happens when you dont stop a bully, a thug, when he murders his own people, particu...

And i reflected today on bill kellers column in the "new york times," our new isolationism. that frankly, people are more concerned about domestic issues than they are the implications of foreign policy. >> i think youre right about that. frankly, i am hearing it from many more quarters than weve ever heard it before. youve got people on the right and the left talking about what we need to do here domestically. theyre looking at the calamity unfolding on the streets of our cities today. theyre l...

Money for education, we dont have money to put more police on the street. we dont have more money to solve some of the real critical ills we have here at home. so, yes, ive heard a lot more of that. and i think because of that talk, youre seeing a bigger push by this white house and by this full administration really on making this case. >> yeah. and dana, when we look at these horrendous videos of president assads victims, i mean, the evidence, if these are accurate, and we havent been able to ...