russia had a long relationship with syria, selling arms and the like. the president at his news conference yesterday tried to say look, despite that reset in relations, he s disappointed there hasn t been more progress issues but hopeful they can make progress with putin in the days ahead. although some republicans are saying this makes him look weak on the world stage. there is no doubt that as i indicated a while back, we ve kind of hit a wall in terms of additional progress. but i have not written off the idea that the united states and russia will continue to have common interests even as we have some very profound differences on some other issues. this president has tried to find a way to blame everybody or anybody for everything, and leadership requires that you stand up, take a position, provide clarity and take
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due diligence. we do not have it when people say they re good rebels over there and bad rebels. that s true, but we don t have enough fidelity. i ve seen views on both sides. i m supporting the free syrian army group because general paul, my co-author, went and spent a week there a week ago. that s where my confidence is. but we need more help on this. brian: we got video of al-qaeda. the front page of the new york times. assassinating syrian army guys who they captured, blowing their heads off. we also hear al-qaeda rebels were killing christians yesterday. we know this, assad kind of protected the christian community and they ve been really destroyed in iraq, have been really been targeted in syria. and they ve done nothing except live! exactly. through the whole middle east, the christians are being wiped out and nobody is saying anything. that s one of the very dangerous
whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. brian: stunning. would be a red line for us. steve: that doesn t sound like the international community. keep in mind there are rules regarding the international red line, and they were set by the united nations; right? the united nations has come out and said if we do anything in syria, it would break the law. so, in other words, the president might be striking syria without the united nations support. so how can he use the international red line as justification? but that s what he s doing. he s blamed the international community, blame congress, but don t blame me. it s not my fault. gretchen: i think he s mostly blaming congress. if you really went back and parse the words about what he said last august, it would be a red line for us. remember how much we debated the word is now we re going to debate the word us, which is a vowel change. you could argue when he said a red line for us he meant the united states of
the senate yesterday, the final vote, and it was bipartisan, 10-7, i believe, plus marky of massachusetts decided just to vote present. brian: which is ridiculous. steve: of course. brian: get a spine. steve: crazy. anyway, they voted to okay the president s request to strike syria. what s interesting is that john mccain got them to change the text of the resolution and now the goal will be to change the momentum on the battlefield. keep in mind in the past, it has been not to tip in favor of one side or another. just to discipline them. now we re going to try to go ahead and change the momentum. gretchen: what does that mean? that s so vague. brian: it goes on to say, to create favorable conditions for a negotiated settlement that ends the conflict and leads to a democratic government. gretchen: so to change the momentum. i mean, you really can look at that and think, what does that mean about america s involvement moving forward? if the ultimate goal is to change the re
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