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That for quite a very long time. >> the president was skeptical. he saw the syrian civil war as a quagmire in which the moderates were too disorganized to prevail. >> i think this notion that somehow there was this ready-made moderate syrian force that was able to defeat assad is simply not true. >> jay tells me you've been missing me. >> in august 2012 at a routine press conference -- >> your latest thinking on where you think things are in syria. >> obama appeared suddenly willing to use force against assad. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving aro...

Simply not true. >> jay tells me you've been missing me. >> in august 2012 at a routine press conference -- >> your latest thinking on where you think things are in syria. >> obama appeared suddenly willing to use force against assad. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. >> that red line was crossed one year later. a horrific sarin gas attack in a damascus suburb left hundreds dead, including many children. the president ordered the military to get ready for a strike. an attack was imminent. >>...

>> elements and then obviously a decision was not forthcoming to do that. for quite a very long time. >> the president was skeptical. he saw the syrian civil war as a quagmire. in which the moderates were too few, too weak, and too disorganized to prevail. >> i think this notion that somehow there was this ready-made moderate syrian force who was able to defeat bashar al assad is not true. >> then in august 2012, at a routine press conference obama appeared suddenly willing to use force against assad. >> a red line for us is we see a whole bunch of chemical weapons

Elements and that decision was obviously not forthcoming to do that for quite a very long time. >> the president was skeptical. he saw the syrian civil war as a quagmire in which the moderates were too disorganized to prevail. >> i think this notion that somehow there was this ready-made moderate syrian force that was able to defeat assad is simply not true. >> jay tells me you've been missing me. >> in august 2012 at a routine press conference -- >> your latest thinking on where you think things are in syria. >> obama appeared suddenly willing to use force against assad. >> a red line for us ...

This isn't rocket science. >> petraeus urged the white house to arm the moderates. >> recommendations were made to assist some of the opposition elements and that decision was obviously not forthcoming to do that for quite a very long time. >> the president was skeptical. he saw the syrian civil war as a quagmire in which the moderates were too few, too weak, and too disorganized to prevail. >> i think this notion that somehow there was this ready-made moderate syrian force that was able to defeat assad is simply not true. >> jay tells me you've been missing me. >> in august 2012 at a routine ...