Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161208:05:43:00
Some of his staff worried it was a mistake. obama stood his ground, convinced that the american public was as weary of war as he was. if one were to look at your statements on syria from the start, the red line, and then your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldn't it be fair for critics to say this ows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely. it is hard with respect to my red line. we, in fact, positioned our military to be able to strike assad if he did not give up his c...