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A lot of people would say, lets see what they are doing from a po policy point of view and pursuinging nuclear weapons. has that changed? >> iran is discussing nuclear issues and part of the problem is that we have been increasingly drawn into this sunni, shia conflict which is not our conflict. syria is in many ways a proxy war. saudi arabia. this is a lot smarter and safer for the united states. i it opens up a new way to have a constructive relationship with iran. >> as much as it was watchin...

Issue of whats happening in syria is a proxy war involving iran and russia and all these other players? is that a subject that world leaders, when they sit down, broach face to face? >> i think theyd have to bring this up. the president definitely has to bring it up. syria is just a proxy war for the russians and iranians and funning of terrorist groups through iran. if he doesnt bring that up, it would be a failure on his part to do it. i cant imagine he wouldnt bring that up. obviously, i thin...

How he can continue given what hes done to his people. so the u.s. has certainly softened their line. so they have a vested interest in getting to the negotiating table. i think thats positive. >> james, lets take a listen to another clip from that interview. >> i know sometimes this gets framed or looked at through the lens of the u.s. versus russia. thats not what this is about. what this is about is how do we make sure we dont have the worst weapons in the hands either of a murderous regime o...

Is still providing weapons to syria. >> exactly. >> i mean, we act as if -- the administration acts as if these conflicts take place in a vacuum. syrias civil war is just a battle between the assad government and the rebels -- >> right. >> -- when in fact this is a proxy war between suny and shy a, between the guft states and iran and when you empower the assad regime youre empowering iran. theyre not two separate things. >> i think a lot of people would agree that iran wants to start this sort ...

That it doesnt necessarily address the underlying civil war, the underlying problems in the region. i know thats something you have written about and i want to wrote from something you wrote. from the rae reagan era on, u.s. forces covert operationives engage in hostile actions. not to mention iraq and afghanistan. consider them altogether what you have is a war for the grater middle east. professor, to this point, yes, we will take out the weapons, these chemical weapons. assad at this point is...

President will be in a stronger position if this is codified within a security council resolution, he can take action based on security council resolution. if not, he comes back to congress and says we tried this, we failed. now we need to go ahead. >> tried this and really failed. let me ask you one last question. in terms of iran. weve talked so much about this being a proxy war for iran, iranians who the u.s. should look out for how has their calculations to syria at the dawn of prosecute. >>...

Its very, ver complicated, but across the board what were hearing from u.s. sources and even from syrians is that the biggest disaster would be a complete and sudden collapse of the assad regime. nobody wants that because nobody wants the vacuum. everyone knows its a very messy picture but over the long run if you dont have a solution in syria, its going to cost us. my main point, im not directly for or against the strike. i really see the down sides in both cases, but i have to tell you that wh...

Hearing from u.s. sources and even from syrians is that the biggest disaster would be a complete and sudden collapse of the assad regime. nobody wants that because nobody wants the vacuum. everybody knows its a messy picture, but over the long run, if you dont have a solution in syria, its going to cost us. my main point, im not directly for or against the strike. i really see the down sides in both cases, but i have to tell you that when i look at syria, it looks like a bill that we just havent...

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>> joining me now the washington post, a helpful voice to be held for the president. >> she raised the idea that it could be the presidents threat of military intervention that is leading the side talks around russia and syria and having international oversight around chemical weapons. i do think that the white house in some ways in selling these efforts is suffering from message muddle. i think you have had a lot of different explanations for why this is a good idea, whether its moral, whether ...