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Chemical weapons again by knocki out some of his strategic air capabilities. let's listen to an interesting statement just made a little while ago by the chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey. watch this. >> the purpose is to deter and degrade chemical weapons. it's the purpose that allows us to say with some confidence that our intent is to limit it. that's not to say i discount the risk of escalation i can never discount, i can tell you we mitigated it to as low as possible. >> he's saying we will try as much as we can to not get into a situation we need to escalate or where t...

Radical nor are the people that work for him. yes there are jihaddists flowing into all over the world actually to fight but general idris is a good man. if we have a plan here's the plan we need to implement. we need to take out his air capabilities. he is operating out of five or six airfields. we need to give them a safe zone and get the message in, excuse me, get the weapons in to the people that we know are good people and can use it. martha: very interesting take from senator mccain there. he says he is disappointed that the white house is opposed to pursuing regime change in syria but s...

Who you met with, says not a good guy. tied with muslim brotherhood. a lot of people are going, where are the good guys in this? >> well, i know of no ties that general idriss has to the muslim brotherhood. i know there is some islamic influence maybe. these people are islamists. but to call them al-qaeda affiliated, they are not. look, i met these people. i went into syria. i know general idriss. he's not a radical, nor are the people that work for him. yes, there are jihaddists falling in from all over the world actually to fight, but general idriss is a good man. here is the plan that we ne...

Anymore and for the president to rely on the kind of advice he's getting from the chief of staff will dissuade him because he will get a requirement list that does not in any way comport with the realities of what we need to do. the israelis struck four times inside syria at weapons that were being transported. the institute for the study of war and general keen and others have shown us with a minimal amount of missiles, we can neutralize the air capabilities. >> you watched a lot of policy fights play out in your time in washington. you mentioned general dempsey's reluctant and this is susan ...

>> what about it. >> and that is taking out the air force. no more helicopters or gun ships or attacking the rebel forces by the air. if you do, we'll take out your air capabilities. presumably he would test us and we would have to do that. >> and so big question. 70,000 people have been kill in syria. why is it taking thuss -- the united states so long. we don't buy a lot of oil. we used to buy a thousand barrels a day. but what is the difference? >> it is a hard issue, but i think the administration is faulted for not taking much stronger action much earlier and it still doesn't seem to be i...