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He's protecting a client state. he needs syria. it's a warm water port, as congressman rodgers pointed out, for the russian navy. he gets to subvert obama at the same time as it seems he's helping him, so that makes him feel good. and he et gets to look like he' playing chess against a guy who sometimes appear to be playing checkers. that's a useful thing. we'll see how this plays out. this might not play out very well at all. in a week's time, we'll see the russians are not interested at all for endorsing this under any circumstance. >> briefly, mark, in that case, can you see the president u...

If we have no other option before us, except to go at it alone and strike syria. >> how can we press russia? it does feel to me like the huge element in the room here is russia. >> one way to press them is by getting them to put pressure on syria to sign the chemical weapons convention. if we're talking about reinforcing international norms, preventing the use of chemical weapons, syria is one of five countries in the world that has not signed the chemical weapons convention, banning these weapons. put pressure on russia, which has signed the convention. tell your client state. get with the pr...

Government says it has against the syrian regime. >> translator: if we have objective, precise data of who is responsible for these crimes, then we'll react. >> reporter: russia is not alone. >> the nays have. it. >> reporter: britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action. this is the highest tensions have been between the two world powers since the cold war. >> we will have a very bad patch if we -- if there is a military attack on syria. and i think we can expect some pretty frosty time. >> reporter: russia and syria have been strong allies for decades. >> russia is very c...

The world did web the 8% of the population when it said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent. >> reporter: putin remains vehemently opposed. casting doubt of the evidence the u.s. has against the syrian regime. >> translator: if we have precise data of who is responsible for these crimes then we'll react. >> reporter: russia is not alone. britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action, this is the highest tensions have been between the two world powers since the cold war. >> we will have a very bad patch if there is a military attack on syria and i think we can expect so...

Relationship between russia, the receive itup -- soviet union and syria. you think about all the transitions in the middle east, all of them have been former soviet client states moving into the more or less western column. so he sees lost influence in the middle east and syria is their large major client state. secondly there's a philosophy philosophical issue. they do not believe the international community should interfere in sovereign affair noise state. i think also vladimir putin is the seminal experience for him was the end of the cold war, the loss of russian influence, and standing up...