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>> it's not going to happen. this is now the president, his red line. colonel, do you see any scenario which we don't help the islamic radical al qaeda connected rebels that are the likely successors if assad goes? >> if assad goes. that is one of the key things that worry me. assad is a butcher, he's a monster, he's a murderer. >> so is the opposition that we may end up helping. >> as horrible as assad is, he has kept his weapons -- his chemical weapons under control. he's not going to use them against the united states of america. if the assad regime crumbles, what happens? if his guard's ru...

Know what the end game is. we've done this before, three or four times before, and it's just not so easy to go in with some kind of surgical strike or something like that and the question is once we get in, how do we get out? what's our mission? this is a really complicated situation in syria. it is a civil war within a civil war, and even if assad goes, then there's going to be another civil war between sectarian groups that are already fighting amongst themselves. there's no clear leadership of the opposition, and the other piece is the chemical weapons. i don't know of any way to secure tho...

Rebels are made of different groups, we not exactly sure who it is. what is the future of syria? what should we watch for if assad goes. >> reporter: assad's tenure is tied to his general and army, if they stay loyal, it will drag out. there are probably wholesale units that will defect and the collapse will come relatively quickly. i believe what we are doing right now in reaching out to the rebels to establish a political structure that is inclusive because you want all the various factions in a future government post assad. if we don't do that, there is clear division and potential for civi...

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a man chewed off the face of his victim. let's go "outfront." i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, tipping point. the latest syrian pictures of 49 murdered children in syria have made people ask whether america must step in. the uprising has left more than 12,000 syrians dead. with the rest of the world watching from the sidelines. today the only response was symbolic. eight countries including the united states expelling syrian diplomats. in the year when the president is running on his foreign policy victories syria is becoming a lightning rod. >> this administration has a feckl...