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congress won t vote again to extend this further and punish assad further. once america gets sucked into this, precisely to mark s point doesn t really have a defined end. this will just continue on, this has to do with the american credibility and a statement of iran, or the force of chemical weapons will only continue as long as american troops are not on the ground. if this is conducted from what we perceive to be a safe distance, then it will continue for as long as they define it to be needed. richard wolff and senator ginburg, thank you for joining us. coming up, the new split in the republican party on the american intervention in the middle east. krystal ball and ari melber will join me. and politicians are wandering off their talking points and improvising and why it is driving their staffs crazy. and over the bay, the push, and why it is driving them crazy over the iraq war. here is the thing that i ve been trying to figure out. why would assad use chemical
i think the line in the sand should be that america gets involved when american interests are threatened. i don t see american interests involved on either side of the syrian war. a vote against that resolution by congress, i think would be a catastrophe because it would underline the credibility of the country, and the president of the united states. joining me now, krystal ball, and ari melber, krystal, here we have it, some americans have actually found an intervention that they don t like. well, you know, rand paul, is somebody like his father who would have been against basically any military intervention. but when you look at last week, and they would not go to congress for approval, first lining up saying he would go to congress for approval, and being very skeptical, you have to
that election, he lost. and so we do not live in the world he would create if he ever had a chance to. oh, my god, do elections have consequences. i wonder how vice president sarah palin would be contributing to the debate. that does it for us, we ll see you tomorrow night. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. the president has just left for the g 20 summit in russia as the debate continues in syria. and we have breaking news about the wording of that congressional resolution on the intervention in syria. the president is not asking you to go to war. all eyes will be on capitol hill. that is not what the president is asking for her. as secretaries kerry and hagel head to the hills to convince more members of congress to act. this is not iraq and this is not afghanistan. the president is meeting with members of congress at the white house. we will be stronger if we take action together. to try to convince them to
this was almost certainly assad. so that piece is not even to me, the real argument. i think as you said and as ari said, there are good arguments to be made on both sides in terms of intervening. i think the question is not whether or not assad used chemical weapons here. that part is clear. ari, the american/israel public affairs committee issued a statement today supporting the intervention of the washington group that speaks very consistently in line with the israeli government. hillary clinton has come out publicly supporting the intervention today. and we have bill columnist rysts at least now one of the consistent republicans on this. i want to listen to what he said to andrea mitchell today. congress did not object when assad had to go. congress didn t object when they drew the red line. he is our president. i voted against him twice, but