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insurgents have in some cases, but not entirely. this fight really favors assad's regime. in fact, as we've seen over the course of the last few months, they increased their strength and their momentum. >> a last question because we heard many military experts say go big or go home. if you do surgical strikes, you better do it for a sustained period of time and really leave a mark. >> carol, that is exactly correct. you either go to win. the definition of win is what we're talking about here. the president is in a corner. he knows he needs to act. international law dictates that and i think there is, there is support for that notion. there isn't international support for a military activity of some sort. so, what we're talking about is a very tactical engagement. the in state has not been described by our president and that's what's very difficult right now. >> well, maybe we'll hear that later today, you never know. >> we hope. >> general, general spider marks, thanks so much for being

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united states urge you, don't do this, this is not the time. are you going forward with that? >> well, the president, again, said also that he understands the impatience, the frustration of the palestinian. there isn't international support for a palestinian state. and the president alluded to that. he said that we cannot basically stand against europe, latin america, asia, the rest of the world who are pushing us to recognize a palestinian state. we are not talking about unilateral action. going to the united nations -- united nations is a multinational, multilateral body. it's not -- it's not a lateral action. >> let me interrupt for a second. so you will go ahead and seek this resolution. >> the palestinian leaders said clearly that political engagement is our first option. it's not either/or. if we can't prepare the ground for genuine, sincere negotiations based on clear terms of reference, clear time frame, an end game that will

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