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Authorization vote. they would embarrass the president. i got an e-mail from senator bob corker who had a classified briefing earlier today. he said he now, seeing what he saw with regard to intelligence, feels that he would support surgical military strikes against syria. >> thanks for reporting. joining me now is fouad ajami, fran townsend, christopher dicky, and john king. fouad, the president said the national security is at stake, when you have a country with a stockpile of chemical weapons like this. but if this strike isn't

I'll give you one precedent which barack obama would opt for, and in a way it would see us to a proper conclusion, a good conclusion. look at kosovo in 1999. it was waged by a dove. bill clinton has never been viewed as a warrior. bill clinton and tony blair went at milosevic and we bombed serbia for 78 days. we destroyed the serbian war machine. we saved kosovo without american losses. there are many other models. everybody jumps at iraq as the only template. it's the only template, iraq looms large because it looms large in barack obama's mind. >> christopher, you don't buy it with kosovo? >...

If you're not going to destroy the regime, there isn't much use for a show of force. >> christopher, what do you think? >> destroy the regime like we destroyed saddam hussein's regime, then get on the ground and occupy the country, spend $2.5 billion a week, kill 100,000 people? >> not realistic. >> i don't think that's a good idea and i don't think obama thinks it's a good idea and i don't think the american people think it's a good idea. >> what about this idea of this limited strike, this shot across the bow? >> on that point i agree completely. either do something that has an effect on the...

He will not alter the logic of the situation on the ground with some pinpricks. if you're not going to destroy the regime, there isn't much use for a show of force. >> christopher, what do you think? >> destroy the regime like we destroyed saddam hussein's regime, then get on the ground and occupy the country, spend $2. 5 billion a week, kill 100,000 people? >> not realistic. >> i don't think that's a good idea and i don't think obama thinks it's a good idea and i don't think the american people think it's a good idea. >> what about this idea of this limited strike, this shot across the bow? >...

Which barack obama would opt for, and in a way it would see us to a proper conclusion, a good conclusion. look at kosovo in 1999. it was waged by a dove. bill clinton has never been viewed as a warrior. bill clinton and tony blair went at milosevic and we bombed serbia for 78 days. we destroyed the serbian war machine. there are many other models. everybody jumps at iraq as the only template. it's the only template, iraq looms large because it looms large in barack obama's mind. >> christopher, you don't buy it with kosovo? >> i was on the ground for most of those templates. i was in belgrade,...