i m not sure what it will do. i d even be in favor of limited cruise missile strikes. i m trying to find, if you will, something of a goldilocks approach. i don t think we have unlimited stakes in syria. i don t think we ought to do unlimited things. on the other hand, i don t think we can simply walk away and say we have no interest or stake in its outcome. what we have to do is take a step back and look at this on the full chess board. we ve got to think about the rest of the region and iran. we ve got tre pen douse stakes in asia. as i argue in my new book, we have to put the bulk of our resources on rebuilding the bases of america power here at home or we won t be a world power even if we want to be several years down the road. it s all about economics. if we don t have the economic dynamism in this country, we can t afford to win these things. richard haass, can t wait to read the book. robin wright. up next, here s a novel way to spin your state s dramatic drop in job creatio
looms large down the road as well. he understands american public o opini opinion. we re very tired. people have economic priorities. there s a real sense we have a domestic agenda that needs to be taken care of first. and the fact is that the seron opposition doesn t speak with one voice. and the danger is down the road iraq looks even messier than syria looks even messier than iraq did in terms of trying to rae create a nation. that s where we get into this problem with, you pointed out of we know how to get in but don t know how to get out. richard, tell me about your theory. your book is about how domestic policy really does influence ability to have foreign policy. let me say one thing, though, about syria, first, chris. i think there is something of an in between option. i think the president is moving in the right direction. i think some selective arming of the syrian opposition makes sense. we can try diplomacy. i d even be in favor of limited cruise missile strikes. i m
so we ll assume that we can figure out where they are. either israeli intelligence or russia or some intelligence. we figure out where they are. how do you destroy them or secure them. one way to destroy would be bombing raids. one would be cruise missile strikes. a third way would be commandoes. not american commandoes necessarily but others in the region. bill: lindsey graham was asked about this on sunday too. here is how he analyzes it today. it will become a failed state by end of the year. it is fracturing along sectarian, ethnic lines. will be al qaeda safe haven. the second thing, chemical weapons enough to kill millions of people will be compromised and fall into the wrong hand. the next bomb that goes off in america may not have nails and glass in it. bill: is that hyperbole? no. i agree. there will be a failed state. there are 1000 rebel militia groups. some are al qaeda. bill: seems like what senator graham was saying we better look out that stuff is coming out way.
be looking at cruise missile strikes, covert operations, raids that we probably won t know about an drone strikes are one part of it but i think we make a mistake in focusing too much on drones because this is a full spectrum war that s being waged by the obama administration. jeremy scahill, thank you so much. the book is dirty wars. the film are be out june 7th. with a cameo by you guys. there you go. i can t wait for the royalty check. we had to pay nbc for the rights though. really! you did, did you? yes, we did. willie promised me something but it never came about. i talk offline. . still ahead, google s executive chairman eric schmidt will be here on the set. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. we had never used a contractor before
thanks. we ll hear much more about the president s libyan policy tonight. he sits down for a one-on-one interview with our own diane sawyer. you ll see that tonight on abc s world news. in libya rebels have successfully pushed the front to gadhafi s hometown of sirte where they acknowledge they could not have held their ground without international air and cruise missile strikes. alex marquardt reports from the eastern city of benghazi. reporter: rebels are on the march with gadhafi s stronghold in their sights. but gadhafi s forces are fighting back. since saturday the rebels have been on a roll, pushing west, recapturing key oil towns without a fight. now trying to take gadhafi s hometown, the first stop in the west in the plan to march on tripoli. their lightning fast advance, their turn-around has been paved by international air strikes. coalition jets swooping in, taking out gadhafi s tanks and