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The president was not anxious to do that at the time. even now the president says he's going in for the limited purpose of stopping another chemical weapons attack. now, as the conversation you previously had indicates, it's not clear if you just do a day of tomahawk strikes that, in fact is going to have any significant effect on the ground. >> that is precisely i think the fear that even the most optimistic advocates of this intervention have. david sanger from the "the new york times". great, thanks. coming up, we'll close the show because i think it's important to take a moment tonight t...