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Syrian man. we're not going to show you that. the question on the table should these images with their power to overwhelm be off-limits in this debate. that was an idea on andrew sullivan's blog. he's back with us with our panel. this whole idea was prompted really by something i read on your web site today. explain why you don't think it's fair to kind of throw these images out there and use them in this debate. >> it is absolutely fair and important for us to observe this horrifying thing. we should. i'm not saying we shouldn't. i think we should feel it, see it, absorb it, think about it, a...

Strategy and policy. >> excuse me. i'm going to finish. i'm going to finish. [ overlapping speakers ] >> it's not emotion. this is history coming out. we have turned our eyes away from some of the most terrible crimes, some of the most terrible crimes. and that is not in america's national interests. >> it is sometimes. >> no, it isn't, andrew. no, it isn't. >> false choices say if you do not care -- i'm sorry. >> let him speak. >> it's a false choice to suggest that if i don't want the united states to drop bombs on syria that i do not care about the death of children. >> exactly. >> nobody's...

Brutalities of the civil war in syria. they show islamic militants publicly decapitating a young syrian man. we're not going to show you that. the question on the table should these images with their power to overwhelm be off-limits in this debate. that was an idea on andrew sullivan's blog. he's back with us with our panel. this whole idea was prompted really by something i read on your web site today. explain why you don't think it's fair to kind of throw these images out there and use them in this debate. >> it is absolutely fair and important for us to observe this horrifying thing. we sho...

Were by the pentagon. that was a huge deal t. cost our economy tens of billions of dollars and that was a foretaste of what a terrorist might do if they had a nuclear weapon so to say we should not over react, i think we have to take this seriously. jenna: in your column, you say after 11 years of taking off our shoes before getting on planes, in some cases there's a forgetfulness what it was like before 9/11 and immediately after. how do we make sure that doesn't happen so we remain vigilant? >> this is really the challenge of state craft. it's more people like president obama to say, no. the...

I don't believe he's made the decision. if he does, i'm not completely confident that we would know immediately. we might know soon. but i don't think we'd know right away. >> do you think the israelis would i have no out the they would. >> would the u.s. help israel in an operation like that? >> that one i don't want to speculate on. i mean, we make our own decisions. we aren't in lock step with another country, even one that we're as committed to the survival of as we are of israel. but i think it would be a decision for the president and whether or not he would know in advance, i think is a...