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Either arming the rebels, so-called moderate rebels, against isis, nor against assad. what we have here is assad being propped up by russia and russia moving to join be iraq and iran. we weren t even aware of what these diplomatic moves were until, you know, they hit us in the face the last 24, 48 hours. well, a couple of things. i agree that we have failed to undermine assad in this military campaign, period. i agree. we should have done more. it won t work just to go back to, let s try to bring assad back. it won t happen. because that is the video that all sunni muslims see every day, that he is killing sunnis in his country. that is what inspires the jihadists. if we don t try to tackle that problem with or without the russians, we ll never be able to resolve this civil war or at least reduce it. ....
Fighting terrorist groups. we think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government and its armed forces. who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face. would you finally acknowledge that no one but president assad s armed forces and kurds militia are truly fighting the islamic state and other terrorist organizations in syria? we know about all the problems and contradictions in the reg n region, but we based on the reality. dear colleagues, an oppression of russia has been used as a pretext to accuse of the growing ambitions, as those who say it have no ambitions at all. however, it s not about russia s ambitions, dear colleagues, but about the recognition of the fact that we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world. we actually propose to be guided ....
Share a common enemy in isil. we do believe there is a place for all nations to join in effort against isil. but, importantly, we need a concurrent effort to resolve the political situation in syria, an effort that involves assad leaving power. frankly, you re not going to have the stability you want in syria if 2/3, if not more of the country, is completely rejecting the leadership of a dictator brutalizing them. how many years ago did president obama first say assad must go? now, we re going to be working with vladimir putin if this works out to try to keep assad involved, at least during this diplomatic process, which could take years and years. the basic principles we main the same, which is, assad needs to go. that, again, by the way, is a realistic assessment of how to solve the situation. it s not just because we object to assad. it s because we believe that you can never have stability in that country with assad there. he s been a magnet for isil. ....
Missing in action in the fight against isis in syria and against assad. it s a dramatic example of the demolition of any american influence in the region, particularly in iraq. look, we are reacting to russian activities in syria, in the region, and that s because we have no strategy. we have no strategy to pursue, so therefore, we are surprised when vladimir putin exercises what is a clear strategy. that is to increase his influence in the region. white house deputy national security adviser ben rhodes joins me now. what is putin up to, and what is the president going to try to do in their meeting today? first of all, what putin is doing is an increased version of what they ve been doing for years. the notion they ve been supporting military support to assad is not new. what president obama is going to say to president putin is, we do ....
He thinks the dictator, assad, has to go. this would fly in the face of what putin has been saying. the two men have had a bad relationship over the years. icy and frigid. we ll see if that happens again when they meet around 5:00 this evening. there s probably going to be a photo op. we may get a readout from the white house. may not hear about what was said, but we ll see the body language, which is what everybody will be looking for. to see if there is any commonality there. there are issues that the united states and russia want to work together on or can possibly work together on, like defeating isis, but there seems to be no relationship between mr. put sk in and mr. obama. today, i thought the theme of president obama s remarks was together, together. might doesn t make right. saying there needs to be collaboration, cooperation between an inter connected world today. again, waiting to see what president putin has to say, and ....