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Situation currently in syria, which is becoming proxy war with hezbollah and so many other factions coming into the country whereas you have syrians fleeing the country unfortunately, and one air strike does not sound to anyone like it will solve the problems. sending a signal, a slap on the hand to assad, okay, thats a step. but that doesnt move us in any kind of political or are diplomatic reconciliation. >> what are you suggesting? >> im opposed to the air strikes. id like to know more about ...

Talking about her constituents and the fact they largely oppose it. she says "it weighs on me, no question, because im very constituent-oriented, but you see, then they dont know what i know. they havent heard what i heard. i like to believe now after 20 years i have some skill in separating the wheat from the chaff." thats a weak argument to go back and sell to your constituents. >> it is. heres the thing, chris. you got to the heart of this in your interview with secretary kerry. i actually be...

And the second one is we result matly could help al qaeda linked rebels in their battle against assad. either scenario is not good for us or them. >> thats exactly right. thats why i have opposed the intervention until this weekend when i switched sides and i got the picture. its very clear this is a proxy war with iran. that the iranians not only supporting assad but supporting some of the very elements you know, hezbollah and others anti-israel and supporting the islamic front stretching out n...

Nuclear weapons. i think we have to stop them right now. >> let me go to colonel west. if people are outraged. nearly 100,000 killed without chemical weapons now 1400. it could have potentially, if you took the sick twisted ideology of iran and married it to a nuclear weapon i have zero doubt theyd use it. that seems to me to be the bigger issue we really need to focus on. >> thats the whole point. the strategic vision is what we need to have. the mutual ly sure destruction theory does not apply...

For years which is strike at u.s. interests and u.s. personnel. jenna: we hear that iran is involved in this, what some are calling a proxy war in syria, some would just argue theyre involved in this war in syria. what can you tell our viewers about how much they truly are invested in whats happening and what will happen in that country? >> iran has gone all in into syria. they are providing military support, financial support, and the head of irans quds force, sulemani -- the worlds most danger...

My view threats to wipe israel off the map, their ideology, theyre the modern day nazis. they want a modern day holocaust. if you agree with me they are the proxy here, wouldnt it make sense that we really want to have an impact rather than lob a few cruise missiles in to syria which i dont think would be very effective based on days, not weeks, no boots on the ground? why dont we do what we should do and thats take out irans nuclear sites? >> thats a provocative act against somebody who has not...

His resolution. as we showed you earlier, the latest whip count from "the washington post" has 223 members in the no category, or leaning no. only 25 are for the resolution. we have two members of congress now from different catches joining us to debate the issue. u.s. congressman tom cole is a republican from oklahoma. he will vote no. u.s. congressman ted deutch is a congressman from florida who will vote yes. i want to start with mr. cal. were you for the iraq war? im trying to find some cons...

Trigger off terrorist attacks against russian territory. jenna: now, do you believe, because weve heard a lot of veiled talk between all sides, including our president, that the refresh your recollection shun president, seeing any sort of military intervention in syria by the united states, would retaliate against us or help others retaliate? >> it is really a question what you mean about retaliation. i think putin will be much more focused on preventing any kind of negative blowback against rus...

And how much of this is about iran? >> oh, lawrence, it is so much about iran. because after all, this is a proxy war. this is a religious proxy war between sunni and shiite. this is a proxy war between the arab states, a war more or less between the united states and russia and israel and lebanon. and most importantly, it only shows you what you and i talked about before. syria is an extraordinarily complicated place with an extraordinary capacity to harm everybody that touches it. >> richard w...

Proxy war. this is a religious proxy war between sunni and shiite. this is a proxy war between the arab states, a war more or less between the united states and russia and israel and lebanon. and most importantly, it only shows you what you and i talked about before. syria is an extraordinarily complicated place with an extraordinary pacapacity to har everybody that touches it. >> richard wolff, are you surprised at the white houses approach to this so far? it seemed to shock washington that pre...