0 response that simply lobs a couple of dozen cruise missiles into syria, it won t seriously affect the balance of power between the assad regime and the opposition. it won t affect the outcome of the ongoing struggle. i think, if anything, it will make the u.s. look even more impotent. the president s got to make up his mind what his objective is. over the past 2 1/2 years he s said all kinds of things. but our strategy is fundamentally incoherent. i think the reason is primarily that the president has not been willing to take on the real problem in syria, which is not the assad regime, it s the regime in tehran. what should he have done? certainly he would not want american boots on the ground or american blood spilled in a syrian civil war. so what type of actions do you think he should have taken? right. well, i wouldn t have gotten involved in the syrian civil war since i think it s a secondary issue. i think the policy of the united states for a long time should have been to
of a few years ago and members of congress should be talking about the principles of of what we are doing. now, you have to draw a line at specific operational details which can give assistance to enemies and the threats. but i think you can talk about things like collecting the information that is available on the business records of companies. so that if you have a suspicious phone number, you can find out who else that number has been talking to. and i think we should talk publicly about those things. i want to pivot as the former director of national intelligence, i have to ask about drones. we know, we all know the name anwr al awlaki. the drone strike that killed him also killed civilians. also killed his 16-year-old son. today if you flipped open the new york times in the op-ed section this boy s grandfather, nasur al awlaki, penned this. he writes in part, nearly two
0 their moms and dads and are generally more helpful and generous in real life as well. about half of the parents in the study say they belong to some of the same websites as their kids. thags that s it for me. i ll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. brooke baldwin picks it up from here. new today, trayvon martin s parents ask president obama to review the case against george zimmerman. but will it make a difference? i m brooke baldwin. the news is now. as the extreme heat blankets america, thousands forced to leave things behind. a guy man adopts his partner all to avoid a steep inheritance tax. wait until you hear the story. plus, today is the day. whitey bulger s hitman takes the stand and faces the reputed mom boss. wow! and a mom and her 4-year-old daughter diagnosed with cancer within days of one another. we re in a better position we re in a better position because we can all be together. captions by vitac www.vitac.com here we go on this thur
hotel rooms for everybody and even a smoking clown. now we are trying to explain what went on. the government services administration heads to capitol hill but have they learned their lesson if right now they are at opreyland. and they may be competing forgot old usa but why don t they have to pay? fox and friends starts right now. was that a rooster as in chick-fil-a? was that the cue? right. yep. roostter chewy. delicious. you don t want to east a rooster. i know you are a bomber. you would know. likedly albert on green acres. we mentioned chick-fil-a because did you try to go to one yesterday? they have 1600 locations across the country and thousands, we haven t heard the figures, maybe millions, were line up like that, leans around the block, people in drive throughs, so many people went to chick-fil-a to support the ceo, a fellow by the name of dan kathy, when two weeks ago said he was not for same-sex marriage. and guess what, i don t think we are go
speech only applies when you say what you want to here and not other people. if other people have believes i don t believe in, i m not going to condemn you because of it. there s kind of a culture war going on and people aren t respecting each other and difference of opinion. there s no dialogue really taking place to get to the heart of like what we believe as a nation and what is truth. i believe what the bible said so i came out here to support chick-fil-a and the movement. they didn t want blacks coming to their restaurant, we didn t want us staying in their hotels and now they are saying because we take that position, they don t want us in their cities. we won t take it. i think i have to give credit to mayor bloomberg. he said don t include me in this. i m not going to get involved in free enterprise. and mayors in other towns like boston and chicago, said things like they wanted to run chem out of town. and one mayor said they better not get any closer. what