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Attack an act of war. so israel is waiting to see what kind of response, if any, there'll be from syria, but definitely, israel has said that the more those weapons are transferred, the more attempts there are to transfer weapons of that kind to lebanon, the more israel will attack. and that's what everybody is worried about. and the question, then, of course is, will israel be dragged full-time, completely, into that war in syria, which israel, for the time being, has been trying to stay outside of. >> nbc's martin fletcher for us in tel aviv. martin, thanks. with more now on syria, we turn t...

Weapons destroyed too. israel attacked because they could not bear the thought of those weapons being transferred to its enemies in lebanon then potentially in the future being used against israel. so israel decided not to wait for the weapons to be transferred to lebanon but to strike before they left syria. >> how real are the chances at this point that syria will in some way, shape or form retalia retaliate? >> well, there's -- the nerves are on edge here as you can imagine. the syrian deputy foreign minister declared israel's action what he called it an act of war. so israel on edge, they'...

Capabilities that the syrians had were not as great as was -- that was the argument that was being used getting involved in syria, that their capabilities were really strong and they have shown they can penetrate. you're seeing some democrats come out against it. but traditionally, you're hearing it from people who are known to be hawks. and the american public is still very skittish as jackie mentioned. we're very war weary, this country. and so there isn't this strong political pressure on president obama to move on military intervention. if this crisis drags on, it could be viewed in the la...

Going to be in the senate for a while. so they have a little time on that. but this could be a problem. >> did the president paint himself into a corner, boras, with the red line comment? >> he has. s and he's done so time and time again. since you've seen, since he became president, foreign policy has been very muddled. we saw that on china, on russia, we've seen it in the immediately. you know, look at egypt. we supported the uprising there in egypt, not militarily, but morsi is anything but a friend to the united states. this is another example of very muddled foreign policy by this preside...

This was president obama this past tuesday. >> what is true, though, is that if i can establish in a way that not only the united states but also the international community feel confident is the use of chemical weapons by the assad regime, that is a game changer -- >> u.s. military action? >> by game changer, i mean that we would have to rethink the range of options that are available to us. >> it's not often that president obama starts to sound a little bit like president george w. bush. chip, why does the president appear to be waffling a tad on syria? >> well, i'm not sure. obviously this ...