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Theres nobody who actually is arguing that the current path is going to end well, including many people in the administration. you im sure have had off the record conversations with administration officials. have i. the administrations clearly divided on this issue. many people in the obama administration are frustrated with this ridiculous course that theyre on right now. >> do you think that providing some kind of weapons or money to the rebels is going to change anything on the ground? do you...

President obama called for the -- for assad to go. were now almost a year wit president of the united states has called on a foreign leader to step down and hes still standing there. it makes the united states look pretty weak, and youve got to just you know, question how the -- it sort of offends the sensibilities of most americans to watch us just staring at this horrific situation on the ground in syria and the united states looking impotent, sort of bouncing around, one day we say ta kofi an...

Overnight that iran has actually been sending in resources to the ground in syria to crush the opposition. so the opposition has got nothing. giving them something about give them a shot at a fair fight, particularly given how many allies in the region are willing to help. so it is by no means 100% guarantee that this will work. but its certainly a shot at improvement compared to what we have now. >> the administration did say the state department spokeswoman said yesterday that there is evidenc...

States, their position so far is not to arm the opposition. many people feel that arming the opposition would only make a very volatile situation that much more volatile. the opposition particularly the rebels want the international community to give them weapons, perhaps even give them more lethal assistance to try to facilitate their operations inside syria. the syrian government thinks that is the reason why there is violence taking place because of foreign intervention. >> thank you very muc...

Also to ask, frankly who are they arming inside of the syrian opposition? you know and we know it is not a unified opposition. its fragmented. they dont have the common command and control. there are some extremist elements mixed in there. we know much less about the leadership and the intentions of the syrian opposition than we did even of the libyan opposition at the time. and i want to remind you that we did not arm the libyan opposition. >> let me ask you about some of these outside forces. ...

Ally. so the fall of assad would be a huge strategic blow to iran. let me be clear about this. youve been covering foreign policy for a long time. often when commanders in chief have to deal with difficult problems relating to foreign problems and national security, were torn between our humanitarian goals, principles related to morality in our policy and issues related to just pure national interest. those too often come into conflict. it is rare that you have a situation like we do in syria to...

To slaughter a lot of people. the first thing thevation should do is call this kofi annan diplomacy track off. as it relates to getting resources to the opposition, the saudis are willing to provide funding. the qatarees have been prepared to provide arms, the turks prepared to provide territory. what the region needs to support the opposition is american leadership. american coordination. and thats where weve been invisible. you bet its tricky. getting the right resources to the right people in...

Impossible. that is something the opposition says it will not do so long as the president stays in power. the u.n. substantiating the video saying 13 peoples bodies were found shot at close range. just adding more fuel to the fire that the atrocities and killing have not stopped. >> this is leading to increasing pressure on the administration. were going to be talking to dan sen nor from the romney camp and as well to the u.n. ambassador susan rice when she comes out of the u.n. security council...

The pressure on the bashar family to leave the country perhaps offering them asylum in russia be. >> but so far what weve seen from russia is continual stream of false statements defending what the regime is doing and ignoring the reality on the grounds. and theres no sign that russia is going to intervene. there are some warnings from people in the region be careful what you ask for. right now libya is a mess. there are real problems in egypt. i mean, you know the region so well. what happens w...

Their economy rests on their oil production and if they cant sell their product, then -- they really have to rethink how much pain are they willing to sustain for the -- ability to some day build a weapon that they might never want to use. >> moving to syria, what are the hurdles over which the pentagon, the president would have to do something like that, do you think thats at all realistic? >> we are hearing from secretary panetta and from the chairman of the joint chiefs is -- that it would be...