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i do believe in syria we should be results-based and not slaves to a timeline. >> some leading republicans, as you know, senator, they say the president's words actually embolden the syrian leader bashar al-assad. listen to how the house armed services committee chairman and senator lindsey graham, a man you know well, listen to how they responded. >> i think the notion that we would leave syria is -- was a mistake, because we haven't finished destroying isis, and because people like iran and russia see a vacuum created when the u.s. leaves into which they will run. >> they see our resolve breaking, they see our determination to stay in syria waning, and it's no reaction
they see our resolve breaking. they see our determination to stay in syria waning, and this is no accident that they used chemical weapons. if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet he's going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran so this is a defining moment, mr. president, you need to follow through with that tweet and show resolve that obama never did to get this right. >> joining us now, cnn global affairs correspondent elise labatt and national correspondent tim nestle and fellow at the council of the war on foreign relations. the president's tweets this morning and even this afternoon seem to be battling his america first instincts to withdraw u.s. forces from syria. >> well, i don't know if we'll even see a wholesale change of his policy towards syria, anark. he's made pretty clear that the immediate threat is isis. wants that job done, and i don't think that precludes him from answering and responding to this