Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120530:11:23:00
Syria is a serious country of almost 25 million people, well educated, stratege klee important. there are three problems there. one is the local problem in syria. there is a split, but not a split right down the middle. it's a country predominantly sunni, but not governed by sunnis. it is a country which has large components of christians. of aloits, who are actually the ruling class. around it, all the countries with stakes in what syria is. saudi arabia, which will like a sunni dominated syria. turkey, affected by proximity. and then there's the external context which involves us, the russia...