Page 25 - Ideal Solution News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

American history when it american history when it comes to civics only 24% of high school students had a proficient knowledge of the topic. well, hardly a passing grade. now, and you new proposal in the state of tennessee, students will need to pass the same test immigrants take in order to receive their high school diploma. is that an ideal solution? joining us now is state senator mark norris. hey, good morning senator. >> good morning good to be with you. >> good to be seeing you too. what's going on in the state of tennessee in terms of this civics test. give us an idea. >> well, actually ...

Mujahedin and there's chaos. if you don't get this transition through the u.n., the ideal solution, had any type of conflict, even if you're backing the right guys, doesn't mean there aren't other guys there who will take advantage and could lead to a civil war. right? it's very iffy. >> david is right. to make one final point, it's not in our interest for this to end suddenly tomorrow with assad going. the opposition really isn't strong. the moderate opposition isn't strong enough. creating an iraq-like vacuum. the jihadists are the strongest fighters. three or four months from now that will ...

Transition through the u.n. which is obviously the ideal solution, any time of conflict, even if you're backing the right guys, doesn't mean there aren't other guys there who will take advantage. it could lead to a civil war. right? it's very iffy. >> david is right. to make one final point, chris, it's, in a sense, not in our interest for this to end suddenly tomorrow with assad going, because the opposition really isn't strong -- the moderate opposition isn't strong enough. you're creating an iraq-like vacuum, and the jihadists are the strongest fighters. three or four months from now, that'...

There, have to get in there. you know, it's not clear it's going to be an easy win or if there's even a great strategy how to get from here to there. while there are people to work with, i still worry about, you know, we worked with mujahideen. there's chaos -- >> which became al qaeda. >> if you don't get this transition through the u.n. which is obviously the ideal solution, any time of conflict, even if you're backing the right guys, doesn't mean there aren't other guys there who will take advantage. it could lead to a civil war. right? it's very iffy. >> david is right. to make one final p...

A progressive view of social insurance programs is you have to do things to preserve them in the long run and it's not an honest position to say we can do nothing and these things will take care of themselves. >> nobody's saying -- that's not fair. nobody's saying do nothing. first of all, social security isn't the problem with the deficit. second of all, there sa way to fix it that has nothing to do with starving old people now and in the immediate future. have people pay more and the system is solved. if you wanted to approach just towards solvency, that's on the table. for the democrats not...