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Participate? well, they have to participate or they're going to lose in the region because this is a very formidable force in terms of taking land and holding it. >> you know, you bring this point up, who -- i'm trying to -- sometimes i'm trying to figure out who are our allies. this week the leader of al nusra was killed on thursday in an assad air strike. you brought up the issue of, you could argue among the most important military allies to the iraqi government now is iran. iran, not necessarily a full fledged ally in the united states. whose side -- who is on our side and whose side shoul...

What we see is, of course, the iranian military taking a major role now. i wish we saw the saudis there. but we don't. and one of the problems for sunni nations, i think, is because isil is a sunni group, how much should they participate? well, they have to participate or they're going to lose in the region because this is a very formidable force in terms of taking land and holding it. >> you know, you bring this point up, who -- i'm trying to -- sometimes i'm trying to figure out who are our allies. this week the leader of al nusra was killed on thursday in an assad air strike. you brought up...

Region, the saudis and others who want more lethal aid provided to the rebels to tip the balance and actually take assad out. is the u.s. prepared to escalate on the ground to achieve a different result on the battlefield? >> the united states is actively supporting the moderate opposition with material support, with political support. and that support is increasing, david. and we're doing it in consultation and in coordination with countries in the region. we're also the largest supplier of humanitarian assistance. and yesterday, because of u.s. leadership and that of other partners, we were ...

Weapons out of syria. and they just -- they feel the u.s. has pledged for a long time to get assad out, president bashir al assad and have not done anything to fix things in syria, as the violence has gotten out of control. so the administration is going to try to reassure saudi arabia that the political process in geneva is working, they're trying to get a diplomatic solution here, and that -- the u.s. remains heavily involved in syria and very engaged. >> we're always looking when prime minister netanyahu comes to town. it's -- you never kind of know what's going to happen. it can be dramati...

That's what's bothering me. none of them are around us. so we need to relook this problem to make sure we get it right. if we want to say we want regime change, then let's take the appropriate action, even if it's covert. >> but that's not on the table it appears, any change or taking assad out. >> that's what's so troubling. our objectives are very murky. it's a shot across the bow. what does that mean? and then any unintended consequences, suez canal is closed or the straits of hormuz or 10,000 rockets into israel, then you start something and you say, well, we didn't have any real objective...