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Better or worse if they did this, the retaliation. And i thought the compelling remarks were the most powerful on the chemical weapons war fare. But having said that, he asked congress to postpone a vote, that if it were to be done today or in the next ten days, he would lose. In order to pursue a proposal by the russians, which i think is unlikely to work, but if it does work, it is going to give russia a boost in the region at the expense of the United States. And you know, the tone was just i mean, it is like he is the only president who cares about peace. He is the only president who cares...

Are sickening. Men, women, children, lying in rows killed by poison gas. Others foaming at the mouth gasping for breath. A father clutching his dead children imploring them to get up and walk we know assad regime was responsible. These things happened. The facts cannot be denied. The question now is what the United States of america and the International Community is prepared to do about it. If we fail to act the assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapon autos after that made his case for military action. After careful deliberation i determined its in the National Security ...

0 make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use. >> with that said he does think there may be a diplomatic opening. >> we have seen encouraging signs. in part because of the credible threat of u.s. military action. as well as constructive talks i had with president putin. the russian government indicated a willingness to join with the international community in pushing assad to give up chemical weapons. i have therefore asked leaders of congress to postpone a vote to authorize use of force while we pursue this path. >> the president speaking at 9:00 p.m. from east room in, at the...

0 if i'm assad, i would say look, the president's right, we can buy time. he is doing it out of weakness. >> so senator john mccain, and senator lindsey graham, the way they think about this. looking at this, this is a huge defeat for the rebels because under that scenario the -- assad is empowered. he doesn't have to worry about us knocking down his buildings with cruise missiles. so the ones that senator lindsey graham and senator john mccain are getting us to help, they're out of luck. >> well, they're not out of luck in a material sense, because we have the saudis and others -- >> let me g...