brute force in the middle east, claimed it was the syrian rebels, not the assad regime that had used chemical weapons, was this fit in print? joining us now dana milbank and jim pinkerton. dana, critics are horrified that cred putin gets to criticize the u.s. >> how dare he. i assume the criticism of "the new york times" but i think any newspaper would print it and anybody would take that interview. >> why? >> because it's newsworthy. it's not that he just went off to talk about how terrific he looks with his shirt off riding a horse, he had something that was relevant to our debate here in america. i think he probably did his own cause more disservice by unifying americans against his position and he completely distorted his logic by coming out and suggesting that the rebels were the ones that used