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The news media said. that is, that there has been an attack. how horrific it was, and it doesnt appear to have been an isolated incident or an accident. but it appears to have been planned and executed at the highest level for the syrian government. thats essentially the case thats being made. >> if the vote was held today, how would you vote? >> right now, i would be a lean no. this to me is a civil war, a religious war, and its a proxy war for regional powers. whether or not we should be in th...

How horrific it was, and it doesnt appear to have been an isolated incident or an accident. but it appears to have been planned and executed at the highest level for the syrian government. thats essentially the case thats being made. >> if the vote was held today, how would you vote? >> right now, i would be a lean no. this to me is a civil war, a religious war, and its a proxy war for regional powers. whether or not we should be in the middle of it, i think is something that ive yet to be convi...

Weekend. how was the case made to you and your colleagues? >> well, really, obviously theres a lot of nuances that you cant talk about publicly. the case that was made is not dramatically different from what the news media said. that is, that there has been an attack. how horrific it was, and it doesnt appear to have been an isolated incident or an accident. but it appears to have been planned and executed at the highest level for the syrian government. thats essentially the case thats being mad...

I dont see this vote going well at all. the fact that there were no democrats in that meeting is astounding. the fact that john kerry gave a message and 24 hours later. the president gave a different message was shocking. its almost as if theyre not talking or one didnt see the other one speak, which was very surprising to me. dana, i have looked at every possible outcome to what could happen. lets say congress votes this down and they go at it alone like ed inferred. could you imagine if assad ...

And shyites line up. >> when john mccain and lip si gray lamb met with the president to discuss this, they came out of the meeting, mccains point of view -- there are were more assurances for toughening this up, beyond lobbing missiles and calling it a day. some might say were being very clear about our goals and put some teeth into this. others would be just as much dissuadessed by the motion that were -- he i doing -- the president -- what we thought. >> theyre talk out of both sites of the mo...

President but other times is a fierce critic on national security issues. and you can see this official white house photo from the oval office. susan rice, the presidents national security adviser, there as well. after the meeting, lindsey graham said a number of things, including that the presidents got to step up his game, make the much more robust case to the congress and the american people, and he also said that case has to be that its not just about syria, but this is basically a proxy war...

Democrats in that meeting was astounding. the fact john kerry came out on friday night and gave one message and then just 24 hours later the president walked it back and gave a different message was shocking. its almost as if theyre not talking or one didnt see the other one speak, which is very surprising to me. dana, i have looked at every possible outcome to what could happen. lets say congress votes this down and go at it alone like ed inferred. could you imagine if assad stays in power? cou...

Slaughtering their own people. we will push winning pause both sides to come together for a political settlement because the end of this this conflict has to be around a table, negotiating political settlement. >> this is one of the reasons talking about chemical weapons is so much easier than humanitarian intervention, influencing the outcome of the civil war. you can say theres international law, yes, 100,000 people, chemical weapons to point to and the possibility of punishing, showing youre ...

Use of chemical weapons to test the waters a bit, see how far the u.s. would go. 1400 people killed by chemical weapons but over 100,000 by other methods. were standing by. they used chemical weapons earlier in the year and we said when its systematic use. thats when we -- the question we have to ask. obviously its a proxy war, not just about syria, youve got other forces, hezbollah, iran, everybody has their piece and fighting for a piece of what the outcome will be. thats the new landscape. a ...

Proof. and heres why we believe this is in the united statess national interests as well as the world. >> i think also for israel, the interests of neighboring countries like turkey, qatar, jordan, saudi arabia. i think the degrees the right choice. he is waiting. waiting for the american people to speak through their representatives. noonld, he is waiting for the u.n., people that came back from syria to swhaes really happened. at the same time, they are connecting all kind of intel and they ar...