he s going to use some of these chemical weapons. it s desperation. what i think we also are seeing is stronger pressure from some of the other surrounding countries, turkey, qatar, i think the european union is seeing the effects of assad falling and by the way, the use of chemical weapons hasn t happened. they ve brought some of the sarin together. i wonder if some of these chemical weapons could have been transferred from iraq and lead up to the war. dick cheney said last night, andy, that our alleys no longer trust us and our allies and our enemies no longer fear us. what do you think of that? well, look. i think he s right. i think in this equation it s clear that president obama again has moved the goal post on a commitment that he made. that said, i must say i m more concerned about the assad
that happening with assad saying he s going to use some of these chemical weapons. it s desperation. what i think we also are seeing is stronger pressure from some of the other surrounding countries, turkey, qatar, i think the european union is seeing the effects of assad falling and by the way, the use of chemical weapons hasn t happened. they ve brought some of the sarin together. i wonder if some of these chemical weapons could have been transferred from iraq and lead up to the war. dick cheney said last night, andy, that our alleys no longer trust us and our allies and our enemies no longer fear us. what do you think of that? well, look. i think he s right. i think in this equation it s clear that president obama again has moved the goal post on a commitment that he made. that said, i must say i m more concerned about the assad
he s going to use some of these chemical weapons. it s desperation. what i think we also are seeing is stronger pressure from some of the other surrounding countries, turkey, qatar, i think the european union is seeing the effects of assad falling and by the way, the use of chemical weapons hasn t happened. they ve brought some of the sarin together. i wonder if some of these chemical weapons could have been transferred from iraq and lead up to the war. dick cheney said last night, andy, that our alleys no longer trust us and our allies and our enemies no longer fear us. what do you think of that? well, look. i think he s right. i think in this equation it s clear that president obama again has moved the goal post on a commitment that he made. that said, i must say i m more concerned about the assad
almost the opposite, some of lessons, people draw different less sons from what happened in iraq. this administration drew the opposite lessons to dan s. they ve looked at syria and tried to think, was there a way to not militarize this conflict? was there a way to play out so it doesn t further produce further military conflict in the region? seems like there s obviously a cost in lives. but that s not it s just a very fine calculus, right? if you had been able to find some way for this to end in a with assad falling, without having a they were trying to get there but it seems like it s increasingly receding as a possibility. i think you mentioned egypt. egypt s a ho modhom modgistic s. they are sectarian based. as bad as it s been up to now, i would predict that the numbers of people who potentially lose lives could be greater after assad goes. what we re seeing is setting of the stage for something like we saw in iraq.
this administration drew some of the opposite lessons to dan s. they looked at syria and try to think was there a way to not militarize this conflict, there was a way that it wouldn t produce further military conflict in the region. if you had been able to find some way for this to end with assad falling, it would have been ideal. that was never in the cards. you mentioned egypt. egypt is a largely homogenous society. places like iraq and syria are fundly n fundamentally not. the number of people who could lose their lives o could be greater after assad goes. this is not going to be neat or smot or quick.