Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130822:17:25:00
>> we need to make a basic decision. what's our object knife syria? is our objective to change the balance of pou to produce a political outcome at some point or is our objective to simply contain the conflict? if our objective is one of those two things we have to do more than what we're doing right now. right now we're not doing enough either way. >> let's get into assad's head, bashir assad. his use of chemical weapons would mean we're going for broke here. he must know it's crossing that line. >> look, he does know that. think about the fact that there's actually a u.n. team in syria to in...