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It on fire and then driven out. those iraqis who actually thought life would get demonstrably better were very disappointed because it actually got worse. in 120-degree heat there was no electricity, there was no garbage pickup, there was no sewage, there was little law and order. so they became restless. >> we created a huge vacuum by disbanding saddams regime elements. when we disbanded the iraqi army, we put a bunch of people, mostly sunni, out onto the streets with nothing to do. they had a ...

Removed from power and that this campaign also somehow go after the regime elements. turkey is also not just fighting isis at this stage. it has reopened the front that it has with the pkk, the kurdistan workers party that it deems to be a terrorist organization. this meeting with nato is an attempt by turkey to on the one hand lay out its current strategy but on the other 457bd also ensure it has the capital, that it has the support from nato as it does move forward along these two front lines ...

He expected that his regime elements carried out the attacks, i told the group that conducted the attacks ansar al cherie he a is affiliated with extremists. why is the state department telling the libyan ambassadors on sar al sharia and telling the american people at the same time it was this video? >> well, bret, i think you have to take both ideas at the same time. i dont know nibble who was saying it is only the video now but i think at the time there was a lot of information flowing around ...

You have the regime elements. theyre doing pretty well. they have all these facilities including this ski resort you showed. but also for your average north korean, many are still on the verge of starvation and it is just a very, very different country. so youve got very wealthy, very poor. >> gordon chang, happy new year to you. >> happy new year, don. still to come, animal rights group peta. plus the host of an msnbc program forced to apologize about comments about mitt romneys grandson. did...

Is rallying against the draft resolution authorizing use of force saying it doesnt go far enough. he would tore at large for national review online and a fox news contributor is with us on that. what do you think about john mccains apparent turn about? he supported the use of force but doesnt like this resolution because apparently its not forceful enough. >> look. i think john mccain makes a very good point. im fairly sympathetic to his argument in that im opposed to doing a strike on syria pur...

I gather that, you know, they are -- they understand that it has to be serious. he doesnt want to say its for regime change. were a strong country. even a modest intervention by us could help tip the balance on the ground. i think they are going to go after regime elements, command and control. i think it will be more than a slap on the wrist. that is why senator mccain and graham went to see the president today. i gather they feel somewhat better, not entirely better. but somewhat better than t...

Intervening in a serious way, ive been very worried as so many people have, that the president would be symbolic and use a shot across the bow. in that case, some people think it would be worse than nothing. i dont quite agree with that. i gather that, you know, they are -- they understand that it has to be serious. he doesnt want to say its for regime change. were a strong country. even a modest intervention by us could help tip the balance on the ground. i think they are going to go after regi...

I dont quite agree with that. i gather that, you know, they are -- they understand that it has to be serious. he doesnt want to say its for regime change. were a strong country. even a modest intervention by us could help tip the balance on the ground. i think they are going to go after regime elements, command and control, some of the airfields. i think it will be more than a slap on the wrist. that is why senator mccain and graham went to see the president today. i gather they feel somewhat be...

These are very precise weapons guided to their preplanned targets by satellite coordinates, 1,000-pound warheads on them, so very lethal. the target list, by all accounts, will include command and control centers, regime elements, weapons delivery systems areas, that sort of thing. anything they can get after that they can tie to potential chemical weapons attack or the regime itself and its efforts to engage in chemical weapons attacks. so thats what were looking at. but still, at this hour it ...

Laying out the case why the american people should respond. lets bring in the panel. steve hayes, charles lane, and charles krauthammer. we will have more on the presidents remarks a little later this segment. steve, start with you. what do you make of it today? >> secretary kerry gave a very impassioned case for intervention, strong case for intervention. we saw some of it there. i guess what struck me in listening to him, thinking about the administrations case more broadly is the tension betw...