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Trained. its had some of its forces decimated, but the fact is, its superiority is many times that of the rebels. the rebels disadvantage is that there is no single commander of all the different units and they conflict with each other and the real quandary for the united states is if it provides arms to anyone, can it guarantee those will be kept by the people it likes? or will they be sold, stolen, borrowed by some of the extremist groups. our experience in afghanistan makes us very wary of wh...

Trained. its had some of its forces decimated, but the fact is, its superiority is many times that of the rebels. the rebels disadvantage is that there is no single commander of all the different units and they conflict with each other and the real quandary for the united states is if it provides arms to anyone, can it guarantee those will be kept by the people it likes? or will they be sold, stolen, borrowed by some of the extremist groups. our experience in afghanistan makes us very wary of wh...

Could perhaps still prevail. >> and susan, kim of course having been raised in lebanon, knows all too well hezbollah means iran, iran, this is a proxy war now as well. and assad, if he is gaining militarily, that changes the whole calculation for secretary kerry, talking about being more forward-leaning in what we are providing the rebels, hes just announced doubling the aid of nonlethal aid. >> and not to get engaged. the risks of engagement. the risks of not being engaged are both pretty serio...

Proxy war with president obama. >> okay. well, angela, to that point, beyonce and jay-z are two very high-profile supporters of this president. i have to ask you, angela, does that have anything to do with this subjection to them going to cuba? >> it very well could, martin. >> it very well could? >> im just saying. you know, im trying to give the republicans the benefit of the doubt. its a little bipartisan olive branch for them. heres the thing. when you look at the most severe consequence her...

Op-ed on thursday, how to fault butchering in syria. she writes -- simply arming the opposition in many ways the easiest option would bring about exactly the scenario of the world she feared most. roxy war that would spill over along sectarian lines. there is an alternative. friends of syria some 70 countries scheduled to meet in tunis today should establish no kill zones now to protect all syrians regardless of create ethnicity or political allegiance. ann marie, maybe we should start on this i...

From when you -- >> lets imagine right now that he uses chemical weapons and wipes out a city like this. are we going to do nothing? really? nothing? >> are all sorts of indications wills no intent on the part of the assad government to use chemical weapons. >> of course not because then we would come in. >> this is a proxy war. you have russia, china, im ran on one side. the united states and britain on the other side. >> no. thats what -- >> you are proposing putting in a force -- >> involve i...

That is. new details emerging about the true cost of a recent white house overseas trip. jamie: we ask the question is america fighting a proxy war with syria? there is some new information who american special-ops are training in the middle east. bill: why the wife of an american pastor jailed in iran saying she is seeing the most encouraging signs yet in an effort to free her husband and bring him home. >> and i have to tell them that he was in prison because he loved jesus. and that he loved ...

Chaotic. the resistance groups, opposition are broken up into little pieces. you have al qaeda there. we simply cannot let it happen that al qaeda gets these weapons or that the regime turns them loose on the cities. something is going to happen very soon. >> bob, why cant you just bomb these sites? >> theyre saying theyre in tai dozen sites. you cant just bomb them. they may bomb israel. as diane feinstein said, these people are desperate. the regime, more and more cities are falling in areas a...

Crossed the threshold. syria is completely a mess now, chaotic. the resistance groups, opposition are broken up into little pieces. you have al qaeda there. we simply cannot let it happen that al qaeda gets these weapons or that the regime turns them loose on their own cities. something is going to happen very soon. >> bob, why cant you just bomb these sites? >> well, theyre saying that theyre in a dozen sites. you cant know for sure if theyve been dispersed. if you do bomb them, you run the ris...

As we have said all along they will use these things and something has to happen. you also have to look at syria has become a proxy war for iran -- turkey. everybody is pouring arms into the country. you know, the situation cannot continue as it is without running into a catastrophe that would involve chemical weapons. >> we see the president about to take off for israel. what goes on in the white house in a situation like this, particularly when the president is heading to the region? >> well, ...