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Journalist here, i understand this is a pretty decorated journalist that writes for associated press, npr, among others. and i would encourage the listeners to look into that report. >> doctor, i do thank you very much for joining us right now. again, speaking on behalf or at least in support of the assad regime. i want to bring in right now farah atassi, political activist and member of the syrian national coalition. she is an advisor to rebel general idriss and she supports the idea of strikes in syria. let me first of all ask you to respond to the doctor we just heard there, who suggested t...

There should have been a contingency plan since a year ago, the president said this is a red line, they should have talked to themselves what if this red line is crossed and if that red line is crossed, here's what i think should have happened. a couple of hours later, he should have convened his national security council, had key congressional leaders in, said we're going to strike in an hour, begin the strike, then go to the american people and say we have warned assad not to use chemical weapons, this is in contravention, all that stuff, we have decided there had to be a response. we could ...

Suddenly so important. and with libya, he said looming catastrophe in benghazi, i've got to get in there, humanitarian disaster. this is why we're doing it now. so with this strike, it says, you know, oh, obama's like oh, maybe a month from now, it will accomplish our strategic objectives. it's preposterous. >> to say that none of these targets are time-sensitive i think is incorrect. >> this makes you crazy as a military guy, this delay. >> the whole thing makes you crazy. you're giving your enemy at least ten days' warning. they've got time to move things around, hide things, and alter the e...

Proposing is a limited precise strike that's really designed to send a symbolic message. this has been the problem with the administration's policy all along. they want to do something very precise, sophisticated and signal but they want to paint it in these dramatic terms. >> let's take on history for a second here, doug, because the president also brought up rwanda today, saying that essentially if we saw the genocide in rwanda today and did nothing, we would regret it. is rwanda a better historical comparison? >> i agree with fareed, with every word he just said, completely. i don't think e...

A couple of hours later, he should have convened his national security council, had key congressional leaders in, said we're going to strike in an hour, begin the strike, then go to the american people and say we have warned assad not to use chemical weapons, this is in contravention, all that stuff, we have decided there had to be a response. we could not let it be unanswered. the united states had put its credibility on the line. he would have had congress with him. he would have had the public with him because there is a natural rally around the flag when the president makes a decision like...