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Not it's not our problem. certainly we should care, but certainly, you know, is the air strike the way to get us to the geneva process that the secretary was talking about? i don't think it is. i think a majority of americans recognize that the chances that this becomes a, you know, we get sucked into mission creep, are so high that we want better assurance of what we're really trying to do here. we don't think an air strike is going to solve it. >> listen. it is true that people understand that this is not going to work. it's not going to solve anyone's problems and that it's expensive and it...

In syria. and so, yes, the policy is politically through the geneva process, through our commitment to the ultimate negotiated settlement that will have to take place, there is no future for assad in that governance. but this military operation is specifically geared to prevent a future chemical attack and to deter and to degrade the assad capacity to be able to do that. now let me be clear. whatever the president ultimately decides to do in that context i assure you assad will feel its impact and they will know that something has happened. >> before i let you go, how can americans feel confid...

States has said that assad must go, and that is the policy of the united states. but we do not believe that this military action the president has decided to take should be more than an effort to try to deter and prevent the use of chemical weapons and to degrade his capacity to use those weapons. so the military operation is not calculated to become involved in the effort to topple him, but the political operation and the support for the opposition is. and the president of the united states, as you know, has declared that we will provide additional support to the opposition. we do not believe...

Support for the opposition is. and the president of the united states, as you know, has declared that we will provide additional support to the opposition. we do not believe there is any scenario under which assad can continue with any kind of authority whatsoever to govern in syria. and so, yes, the policy is politically through the geneva process, through our commitment to the ultimate negotiated settlement that will have to take place, there is no future for assad in that governance. but this military operation is specifically geared to prevent a future chemical attack and to deter and to d...

Political solution that can be achieved through the geneva process. and we will continue to work with russia in conjunction with us in that effort to try to achieve that political settlement. that is our top priority. that is the fundamental objective of all of our efforts. it is to recognize that there isn't ultimately a military solution. there has to be a negotiated political solution. and the president remains deeply committed to that. >> mr. secretary, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. i want to bring in senator rand paul, republican from kentucky. he's on the fore...