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Targets are islamist jihadi groups, their planes are hitting rebels backed by the cia. proxy bombing raids for a proxy war. in short, russian aggression filled the vacuum created by americas failure to take on radical islam in syria. whether the theory that talking solves everything, the president once again showed lame understanding of foreign intentions. none involvement and withdrawal are his trademarks. an easy deal with cuba, notwithstanding. as terrified syrians streamed into europe by the...

Start taking responsibility? >> i dont think he will, hob to be honest. i think the political ramifications come in the 2016 election. you see marco rubio putting this front and center of the campaign, generating quite a lot of traction with this and that will become the test but i think president obama is comfortable with his national security team, americas just let it be because we dont want to go there. >> quickly, president obama has said essentially that were not going to make this a proxy...

Political settlement, just as i hope that they can resolve the issues with ukraine in a way that recognizes russian equities and upholds the basic principle of sovereignty and independence that the ukrainian people should enjoy like everybody else. but until that time, were going to continue to have tensions and well continue too have differences. but were not going to make syria interest a proxy war between the united states and russia. that would be bad strategy on our part. this is a battle b...

Going to make syria into a proxy war between the united states and russia. that would be bad strategy on our part. this is a battle between russia, iran and assad against the overwhelming majority of the syrian people. our battle is with isle. and when i hear people -- offering up half-baked ideas, as if they are solutions, typically what you get is -- a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. >> president obama spent a good deal of time at his news conference fielding questions about syria. about russias influen...

Front. in other words, they cant counter russian aggression. something else the u.s. wont do, coordinate with syrias military. thats the reason that russias foreign minister told the u.n. they like putins hands on approach. >> air strikes are useless, unless they are conducted in cooperation with the syrian army. >> the syrian army is in shambles, because many potential soldiers are refugees, walking across europe to get away from assad. >> a lot of refugees are draft-age kids, running out of sy...

Long-term strategy and that he works instead to bring about a political settlement. just as i hope that they can resolve the issues with ukraine in a way that recognizes russian equities, but upholds the basic principal of sovereignty and independence that the ukrainian people should enjoy like everybody else. but until that time, were going to continue to have tensions and were going to continue to have differences. but were not going to make syria into a proxy war between the united states and...

Political settlement. just as i hope that they can resolve the issues with ukraine in a way that recognizes russian equities but uphold the basic principle of sovereignty and independence that the ukrainian people should enjoy like everybody else. but until that time were going to continue to have tensions. and were going to continue to have differences. but were not going to make syria into a proxy war between the united states and russia. that would be bad strategy on our part. this is a battl...

That pilgrims ignored security guidelines were and blamed for the tragedy. iran is calling for international action against saudi arabia. it says more than 130 of its citizens were killed in that stampede. the saudi government is promising a speedy investigation into this disaster. senior international correspondent, nick paton walsh, is following developments live from london for us. good to have you with us. this is a tragedy in all regards. now were seeing the aftermath and finger pointin...

Cooperative economic relationship with turkey through leverage in syria. so, its got multiple advantages that putin is going after in this. for the united states, of course, its a risk because this poses the risk of a proxy war. were arming the syrian rebels. and if russias really serious on fighting for bashar assad, hes going to -- russias going to go not only against isis, but against our syrian rebels who are fighting bashar assad. weve called for bashar assad to give up power. russia says, ...

We know theres a bug meetiig mn wednesday, the european commission. europe has had differing responses. obviously this is a political challenge to the european union. that said, syria is as you point out the issue that none of us have addressed for years. >> thats the big problem. the big problem is a proxy war in syria between saudis and iranians, a rebellion within the country against a cruel and harsh dictatorship that cracked down very hard on non-violent demonstrations. weve got a serious p...