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Countries against the islamic state, and you don't see president obama grasping for that role. you see him laying back a little bit, and it may be that that's what president ho laund has in mind, and with this collision of interests, you need a more effective center to the coalition. i think it has to be our country. >> that's if they can get all their objectives straight, right? >> that's right. you have to have a unifying set of objectives and principles. there's one more thought here. today's incident between turkey and russia underscores a no flight zone in northern syria. it would help de...

What they were. and as you know, everybody's looking at the pilots right now. we've talked about the two search corridors, malaysia airlines is, by the way, telling us that these two search zones, these arcs, that they last had a ping somewhere on these arcs for the plane. malaysia airlines says the flight crew never flew a flight zone or flight path along these arcs, by the way. now, they have broken down these arcs into seven different zones. why are they doing that? because the total square mileage here is about 2.2 million square nautical miles, is what all of this encompasses. and by the ...

How quickly could this lead to miscalculation? a chance for misinterpretation of a move could lead to something bigger? >> jim, this is a difficult, tense and complicated situation. that's the biggest challenge of all. not that there is a war of words, but several countries in the region. the possibility of a miscalculation is very real. the problem is you escalate the tension and there's no real plan to de-escalate. we saw that before, as was pointed out in april of 2001, with the downing of the spy plane. it was very difficult to de-escalate. we just don't have the kinds of plans that would ...

I'm not sure it's as simple as senator rubio is suggesting. the syrian opposition is being outgunned. they need better technology. assad has air superiority, so he is pummelling civilian neighbors from the air. down the road alternative could be a no flight zone. i don't think that is something that can be cast aside. that would really neutralize assad's military power. >> nick burns, chris hill, two of the best. thank you very, very much. >> thank you. >> up next, in our daily fix, sequester showdown. where do we go from here? plus, how will the budget cuts impact hurricane sandy relief? hous...

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