Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131226:18:19:00
After declaring that assad had to go, we sat on the sidelines and watched this revolution, as such, unfold without any effort on our part to really achieve that goal of making assad go. so now we're in a situation where al qaeda and other elements, extreme elements, seem to be the dominant force in the region. we've allowed president putin to ride in on a white horse and say he's a peacemaker. i can't say it's been a triumph of diplomacy. despite a sun su expression, i think our policy, we should be prudent, not hesitant. i think what we've done is very hesitant policy both in dealing with syr...