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Waged entirely or even predominantly by dangerous islamists and al qaeda diehards. the jihadists pouring into syria from countries like iraq and lebanon are not flocking to the front lines. instead they are concentrating their efforts on consolidating control in the northern rebel-held areas of the country, moderate opposition forces have a collection of groups known as the free syrian army continue to lead the fight against the syrian regime while traveling with some of these free armies, syrian army battalions, i've watched him defend allawi in christian villages from government forces and e...

There's -- we're preparing several target sets of first of which would set the conditions for followon assessments and the others would be used if necessary and i'm -- we haven't gotten to that point yet but we do know that we can degrade and disrupt his capabilities, and that that should put news a better position to make the kind of assessment you're talking about. >> let me add to that, if i can, john. senator feinstein brought this up today at the meeting at the white house. it would be really -- it had not be sensible to pass this resolution with a view to degrading and degrading his capa...

Secondly, let me just point out to you that with respect to this question of americans wanting to go to war, you know, you got three people here who have been to to war. you've got john mccain who has been to war. not one of us who doesn't understand what going to war means, and we don't want to go to war. we don't believe we are going to war in the classic sense of taking american troops and america to war. the president is asking for the authority to do a limited action that will degrade the capacity of a tyrant who has been using chemical weapons to kill his own people. >> but i think by do...

>> i got it. i really would like to move on to more important questions, if you don't mind. >> all your questions i thought were important, john. >> thank you, john. that's good. i'll try to remember that. the president said today that the purpose of the military action in syria is not just to the respond to assad's use of chemical weapons but to degrade his military capabilities as part of a broader strategy to i think cha the momentum on the ground and as the president said "allow syria ultimately to free itself." do you agree with that assessment john? >> i said up front, i've said several ...

Article, "the delay in providing arms to the opposition in part reflexes a broader u.s. approach rarely discussed publicly will but that underpins its decision making according to current and former u.s. officials, the current administration doesn't want to tip the balance in favor of the opposition for fear the outcome may be even worse for u.s. interests than the current stalemate." is that story accurate? >> no. >> thank you. can i add something, senator, on the warning issue, yog disagree with you about warning. in fact, the general wouldn't disagree with you either. and we are all. >> but...