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Israel, you have turkey, qatar, and saudi arabia. on the other hand you have iran and you have hezbollah, not to mention the basic disagreements between the united states and russia. its an open-ended war by proxy. one of the major reasons why the united states and russia now have intensified their effort to find a diplomatic solution is because of the fear not only the potential of syria breaking out, but the expansion of the conflict into a regionwide conflict. there is a real risk. it would t...

Syria, the western countries as well. remember, one of the major reasons why the united states is reluctant to basically provide arms for the opposition, because they fear not only the arms will fall into the wrong hands, but they fear that the militant elements within the opposition have the upper hand within the armed coalition inside syria itself. >> you have been very prescient, accurate about forecasting what is going to happen in syria. two years ago you said assad will not fall when every...

But it comes amid escalating tensions between the two countries after syria was hit with massive air strikes over the weekend. a u.s. official confirms the attackses weractionacks were la. it killed 42 soldiers and left 100 people missing. farwa georges joins us now. hes the author of "obama and the middle east." also the author of "the rise and fall of al qaeda." professor thanks very much for coming in. you write if the strikes are confirmed to be israeli attacked, and we at cnn, we have confi...

Military intervention would exacerbate an already dangerous conflict. i would like the united states to become more involved politically. i would like the president, the united states and russia, to really redouble their efforts to reach an understanding, a political settlement, whereby the opposition and el mbements the syrian government talk about a solution to remove assad from power rather than remove assad by force. this is not going to happen as long as it is a war by proxy that has been r...

Is an open-ended war by proxy. its no longer an implicit war by proxy. on the one hand, you have israel, regional powers and the western states. on the other hand, iran, hezbollah and syria. i would argue, wolf, it would take a spark in this calculation to ignite a bigger conflict in the region. i would argue also that the main target, the main target of israelis alleged attacks against syria were not just the assad governments and at ataass army but rather hezbollah and iran. you will see deepe...

Such actions or inactions. this is our obligation. not simply to bear witness but to act. >> hes talking about israel there. but some will say, well, then, what about syria? the situation is deteriorating. what would you like to see america do in syria right now? do you want to see us invade? do you want to see us back the rebels even more? do you want to see us put together an international coalition? what should be the strategy. >> i think youre really asking a very difficult question. >> we d...

Hezbollah supporting him. on the other hand you have turkey and qatar. not only a regional war by proxy. you have russia and the united states. i would argue that president barack obama has been reluctant to intervene directly by either providing arms to the opposition or sending american boots on the ground. what i like to see is a concerted effort on the part of the united states, leading the effort to really broker a political settlement, a diplomatic solution. there is no military solution i...

Whether -- >> but they didnt care about that because they didnt vote to provide 300 additional protection officers at these consulates and embassies. lets cut that out of the discussion. that is irrelevant. no one cares. >> whether or not gadhafi was in power or not, rice was a leading supporter to get him out of power. when the accusation about susan rice and sharp elbows comes into play its generally from other people in the administration who have clashed with her because they didnt want to s...

During this speech later tonight is after such a bruising war, the battle is not over, because the iraqis literally have to finish the job now. isnt that the point? >> bill, absolutely. its not over. my son-in-law just redeployed to iraq for his second tour, hell be there for another year. its clearly not over, and it remains very personal. the iraqis have a lot of building to continue to do in terms of not just the military force, but i would say fundamentally in terms of all forms of governanc...