long time ago and that is detail the second and third order effects of what we ll do when we go in there and conduct strikes, how we re going to get through them. if it expands to a broader region, what are we going to do to try to contain it? how are we going to deal with israel if they get struck? these are good discussions that the american people need to hear and know that the administration is thinking through, otherwise, we ll be seen as rushing into this, which we do not want to do and again, try and frame it like mike said on our terms. we need to remain engaged in the region. let s do it in a manner that we will look like we re backing our president, backing our national security interest and achieving the strategic objectives. that our nation needs to stay safe. commander, i appreciate you being on, mike duran, faoud is
chris and faoud are absolutely right. it s gone on for a long time. even senator mccain has said that. he says, look, what is the strategy for actually stopping this? we have seen now 100,000 people dead, according to the united nations. we ve got apparently 7 million people displaced inside and outside of syria during this war. and you have people who started a perfectly ordinary rebellion two and a half years ago. it s allowed bashar al assad to prosecute the war. and not only that, but to allow also to allow also the vacuum to be created which allowed these extremists to come in. why now? because weapons of mass destruction are prohibited by the civilized world. and weapons of mass destruction will be confronted. one will hope that with this confrontation there will be some strategy to shift the playing field on the battlefield. and perhaps try to level it somewhat. some are talking about finally boosting and giving real help to the opposition.
president. it s his call. it s his call. christopher, you re skeptical of this whole idea that the credibility is on the line, and this is something the president has to do to maintain credibility. i m skeptical of the idea that this kind of attack is going to restore or protect his credibility. in fact, it can destroy it. if they carry out the kind of thing they are talking about, this limited, tailored attack, and assad stays in power and the war goes on, how does that ensure that he keeps his credibility? i don t see it. faoud is talking about turkey. why are the turks telling us we have to carry out this campaign when they have an army with 400,000 soldiers in it? they re a nato power. they have enormous resources. if they really think you have to do something to change the regime in syria, let them participate in a way that they re not volunteering to do. i got a lot of e-mails from people saying why should the
in just a few hours results will start coming in from today s republican triple-header caucuses in colorado, minnesota and a primary in missouri up for grabs. dozens of delegates, but perhaps more importantly momentum. the front-runner mitt romney s campaign is anticipating a potential setback as his rivals look for an opportunity. our jim acosta is in denver. reporter: we re going to turn around and look at this screen back here, because mitt romney will talk to us from his bus. reporter: with a snowstorm slowing him down, he ran about an hour later, so he skyped to the crowd, a sign that not everything was going his way on this caucus day. colorado has something to say about who our nominees will be, and i think i will be that nominee. a strategy memo was released. saying the campaign is anticipating possibly a loss. we expect our opponents to notch a few wins, too. the memo red cued newt gingrich s plans to boasting romney would triumph in the west, suggesting
good evening, everyone. we begin tonight keeping them honest with the husband of presidential candidate michele bachmann speaking out about the counselling business they co-own. breaking his silence after months, mounting attention and allegations that clinic engages in so-called reparative therapy. the bachmanns own two clinics offering christian-based marriage counselling and including reparative therapy based on the theory that gay people can be turned into heterosexual through a combination of prayer and willpower. nearly all mainstream medical and psychological associations say there s no evidence that it works and there s plenty of evidence in fact that it can be hurtful and harmful. for days now, both congresswoman bachmann and her husband have refused to answer questions about it. in today s issue of the bachmann s hometown paper, the minneapolis star tribune, mr. bachmann defends the clinics. the paper reporting he did not deny he and other counselors have attempted