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Situation has deteruated and the numbers and the tragedies that i just described to you have taken place. it started out as a demonstrations and then to what was clearly an advantage on the side of the free syrian army until we had to have thousands of hasballah, the weapons coming in from iraq, the iranian revolutionary guard on the ground and this turned into a region conflict and proxy war to some degree. >> senator mccain, its always good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed for joinin...

>> eric, isnt that about what he is going to do? >> i listened to john kerrys announcement, i listened to president obama also. i think i figured this out. this is about ego, this is about president obamas ego, he wants to save face, said i am drawing a red line a year ago, it has been crossed twice. he is more inclined to go now because it violated his red line, and it is also about him defending america and americas ego when he says we have to do this or north korea or iran see were weak. were...

Situation has deteruated and the numbers and the tragedies that i just described to you have taken place. it started out as a demonstrations and then to what was clearly an advantage on the side of the free syrian army until we had to have thousands of hasballah, the weapons coming in from iraq, the iranian revolutionary guard on the ground and this turned into a region conflict and proxy war to some degree. >> senator mccain, its always good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed for joinin...

Iraq. >> this is no different than iraq, because theres visual evidence that everyone has seen, theres a broad consensus here. and i dont think youre facing the same kind of skepticism that there was for iraq where the weapons of mass destruction were used as a justification for an attack. there, clearly something happened here, something dramatic, and the president feels he has to act. >> skepticism? what skepticism? we had our allies with us. we had the u.n. with us. we had had their former se...

Controller of southern lebanon and so there is that growing concern that if something happens in syria, not only is it going to create a humanitarian crisis for the government, but it could very much drag lebanon into that direct confrontation with some of the allies of the syrian regime. >> this goes to the point that steve clemens was making in terms of the proxy war and the various factions. what kind of retaliation do you think we would see against israel should they get involved? >> you mea...

Of syria do not understand that this is now a regional conflict. in other words, this is not merely contained now to syria. is he right? >> hes absolutely right. this is not just a syrian conflict. this is a conflict that involves practically all of its neighbors. every single arab country with the exception of only a few has taken a stand for or against the regime. and its not just arab countries. its iran aligned with assad. turkey aligned with the rebels. the u.s. aligned perhaps with the for...

Middle east and the safety of the old ally israel over there. we know millions of refugees are spilling across the borders from this conflict. we know there are problems with various groups in the insurgency that might be considered terrorist groups. we know that there is concern about it becoming a widening war. thats one of the reasons the u.s. may feel obliged to get involved. here is another one. a question of russia and achina and a lot of people see this as a proxy war between these other ...

Do something? >> russia is involved, thats why syria is different from libya. >> we are not getting into a proxy war with russia. if we go in and bomb and assad doesnt step down, we have no moral interest in the country. next up. bob. as my 10th grade biology teacher would say, give the gums a rest. alec baldwin out of his cage, went rabid on another paparazzi.

Mediterranean that would be on deployment anyhow. the capability is there. the money is there. what were talking about is something that will last we are told just potentially a couple of days. the president making very clear he is not interested in an on going military action. this will be very focussed and aimed, they hope, at deterring syria from using this chemical weapons, the big question is will it work? there are a lot of skepticism about whether such a limited strike would deter assad f...

They will tell you it was not their regime that used chemical weapons. they are stockpiling things like canned foods and dried foods thinking some sort of war might have come. i wouldnt say its fear. i would say its nervousness. uncertainty where people are not exactly sure what escalation this war could bring. some people believe it is going to happen, but they dont really know whether or not its going to tip the scales on the battlefield and what it will mean for them in the future. while your...