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He talked about supporting the geneva process. and this lilted role obviously in not preventing chemical weapons attacks in the future. >> right. again, i've had say lot of conversations with people inside the country who say you all on the west are fixated on these chemical weapons thing. most people weren't killed by chemical weapons. they're systematically killed by opposition of the government by the syrian ra yeem. and the syrians and the russians have created this remarkable narrative that the only problem is isis and isis is nearly gone. >> right. and now they're continuing that campaig...

>> it doesn't. the war will continue. the message is we're not going to lead on this. we don't want to own this. we want to prevent chemical weapons attacks. that's where our moral obligation ends and other than that, everybody go to the geneva process. and the syrian people are not comfortable with that. the syrian war will continue. assad understands that. >> the attack happens. now, the president tweeted mission accomplished. nobody believes that. what actually happens next because this syrian civil war continues by most accounts, bashar al assad has won this war with the backing of the rus...

>> sandra: caught on camera a utah man sets himself on fire and a cop saves him. you can see the man bursting out of a gas station bathroom covered in flames. the officer, who was with the man trying to persuade the man not to try to kill himself grabbed a fire extinguisher before dousing him. the man was rushed to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. the officer suffered several burns but he will be okay. >> the only reason assad is still in power is because of the russian's vetoes in the u.n. and russian and iranian military. we don't give up to get the geneva process underwa...

We do not match the resources required to achieve the objectives. if our objectives are to get rid of assad and have a unified syria that all syrians can live in peacefully, then it's going to require a lot more than what trump or tillerson have -- >> dana: how much more? >> well, look. they said we're going to keep 2,000 troops there, right? in eastern syria. to basically keep al qaeda from coming back to support the geneva process, to preserve safe areas. >> dana: push back on iran. >> 2,000 troops? is that what's gonna do it? that's gonna get rid of assad? that's gonna create free and trans...

Versus the iranian empire? not a fair match. >> dana: you haven't mentioned russia yet. how does that play into it? >> again, russia is a very interesting case. i mean, first of all, russia would like nothing more than to see a strategic set back for the united states in syria and in the middle east. and they are doing everything possible to make that happen. what struck me about tillerson's speech yesterday was that he was saying russia, we expect russia to support the geneva process and to help bring about a political settlement in syria that will see assad leave power. what? why in the worl...