Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130906:02:37:00
Voodoo math. we don't know if some individuals are fighting for purely local reasons. there are others who came into syria for broader religious reasons, and there are others who are fighting for criminal reasons or perhaps other reasons. who actually wins the war at the end of the conflict and who determines the type of support they have over the forces and followers is going to be completely up in the air. and we'll have little control over it. we may be able to influence it, but we should not be under any illusions that we can drive it, consistent with how we want to see syria unfold in the...