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To procure the end of assad's capabilities. others have asked if it is worth acting if we don't take out assad. some members of congress have said there is simply no point in doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't think we should remove another dictator with force. we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. but a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice before using che...

I counted at least 26 different rebel groups, and i don't know whose king. we don't know what we're getting on the other end. >> that is correct, but we do know this. civil war grew out of opposition to the government that was mostly secular and western in orientation. we also know syria is a country with a broad middle class. islamists, just because of the nature with the syrians the allies, the sunnis, the christians, is a less islamist society than in the region. but you touch on an interesting point i want to go back to. there was a tension in the president's speech. the united states mili...

Strike to achieve a clear objective. some members of congress have said there's no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. >> reporter: but facing a likely defeat in congress to authorize military strike -- >> however -- >> reporter: the president then argued against taking action, pointing to a new russian-brokered proposal for syria to give up its chemical weapons. >> i have therefore asked the leaders of congress to post...

Detouring the use of chemical weapons and degrading assad's capabilities. others have asked whether it's worth acting if we don't take out assad. some members of congress said there is no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear, the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't think we should remove another dictator with force. we learned from iraq doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. but a targeted strike can makes a sad or any other dictator thi...

Worth acting if we don't take out assad? some members of congress have said there is no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't think we should remove another dictator with force. we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. but a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice before using chemical weapons. other questions involved the dangers of retaliation. we ...