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As is iraq, as is syria, and iran, a lot of folks think, wants to create this regional power to really control that part of the world. >> yeah. it's called the shiite crescent, and the thought is that syria, syria's become a proxy battle for these other forces you're talking about. on one hand it's shiite iran supporting assad of syria, using hezbollah, the terrorist group in lebanon on one side of the equation. on the other side of the equation is some of the rebels, the al-qaeda-affiliated rebels supported by some of the wealthy gulf oil arab states. i think this is not the last war in the m...

It was so self-eft what happened that day, i would have to question her judgment. and the president loves the book "lincoln's team of rivals kwaetsz and it seems to me what he's doing is rewarding her and he's putting in a team of loyalists. she can't get senate confirmation so he's going to surround himself with loyalists. he has so many problem on his plate to deal with. why would he create another problem? this will be a big problem, not just with ms. rice, but i think the confirmation of ms. powers as u.n. ambassador is going to raise a lot of questions in the senate. >> do you think, this...

This is one of the big concerns that the u.s. has had all along. bill: okay, i want to put a rock into this mix. i want to put talk about damascus. how does this factor in? >> welcome is syria has long been, as you said, but ron's only ally in this region. they used syria is a place to connect with proxies like hezbollah or islamic jihad. it will be a major strategic blow for ron and will really constrain the ability to project power. that would be a concern. that is one of the reasons you see these gulf states get involved in supporting this opposition. it is a proxy battle against iran. bill...

Funneling it through terrorist organizations and going to the syrian opposition. i think you will see a lot of arab money flowing there. don't forget. the saudis are not fans of the russians. this is proxy battle between the saudis and russians. jenna: real quick, if all the saudi money is flowing into terrorist organizations any threat to our national security? >> remember the saudis funded the mujahadeen in afghanistan in the 1980s. imagine if this is the new front and they're pouring money and personnel into syria you have a potentially dangerous skree hadi front brewing in syria and this i...

Tripoli international airport and you have had weapons spilling out of libya and that destabilized somalia and the neighborhood to the extent now you have rebel forces, some of them on the side of al qaeda who control territories the side of france. so, it is one thing to say am the opposition. but unlike libya which had a real opposition, they held territory, and they presented themselves as a viable alternative to libya the syrian opposition is not there. it could get there overtime and one thing hillary clinton talked about to the international community in turkey this week was trying to fi...