situation on the battlefield by taking out his air assets, cratering his runways and getting the weapons to the right people so that they can reverse the momentum. if it s simply just going and doing some cruise missile strikes, then i think, again, it may be counterproductive. in fact, it may give bashar al assad a propaganda advantage by saying he was able to resist the united states attacks. have you discussed your concerns in recent days with either the president, the vice president, his national security adviser, some of his aides? i had a conversation with the president s national security adviser with some specifics. i had a conversation with the president when it was first revealed that another chemical weapons attack had taken place. i want to assure you, wolf, that with those who want to leave this issue alone are not appreciative of how this is
the president of the united states over a year ago said that if bashar assad used chemical weapons, it crosses a red line. we know for sure that he s used them at least once. now here s the second time. horrific, horrific. and if the united states stands by and doesn t take very serious action, not just launching some cruise missiles, then again our credibility in the world is diminished even more if there s any left. so what do you say to senator mccain? i work backwards from his final comment, if there s any left. very, very few americans are prepared to wage a syrian campaign which it sounds to me what john mccain is describing. i don t know hardly any american who believes that coming out of iraq which by the way had 97
happening now, breaking news. the situation room special report. crisis in syria. the obama administration has no doubt who is responsible for horrific chemical attack in syria and says there must be a response. u.s. forces are deready to go. we re going to show you the masquerade of victims in that chemical attack as we go inside syria. and he s on facebook and instagram but he s also overseeing the mass killing of his own people. we ll take a closer look at the master of deception, the syrian president bashar al assad. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. with u.s. warships and cruise missiles poised to strike on very short notice, the obama administration is laying the
here to explain. and he s the face of war in afghanistan and the life that may be possible after. you ll find out why this heart warming facebook photo has gone viral. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. international diplomacy and military mite aligning for what appears to be an inevitable military retaliatory strike. we re told we can expect to see that the bashar al assad regime did use chemical weapons against its own people last week. chris, what have we learned about the actual proof the white house has on syria s use of chemical weapons? reporter: a u.s. official is telling me this intelligence assessment contains forensic evidence that an actual chemical
regime s response to the syrian uprising. they re responsible for any use of chemical weapons. not only in syria in the past but also into the future. early on, i as someone who has watched syria over many years, i assumed i thought when assad saw what happened to gadhafi in libya, he would get the point and get out of there, seek asylum some place as quickly as possible. save his family, his wife, his kids. but he s held firmly there. i think the lessons told him and his regime the most important thing is no reforms, hold on, try to shoot your way out of a conflict. the problem is they don t have enough bullets. and the demographics after the hama uprising, there was a huge spike in birth rights. they far outnumber the minorities in the country now. and they can t shoot out of the crisis. that has led bashar al assad to use missiles and chemical weapons on his own people.