Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130827:19:02:00
Weapons. >> so ayman, if we do launch some sort of a strike, are we looking just to send a message, or are we looking to somehow shift the balance of the syrian civil war? >> reporter: well, that's certainly going to depend on the scope and intensity of the attacks and more importantly the targets. it may not be the intended objective of these operations to topple the regime, but no doubt about it, it may have that effect in the medium to short term. for example, let's say they take out command and control posts and that in itself begins to demoralize this syrian army from fighting once they k...