Stalemate in syria. And outright defiance from its allies. Russia needs to be a part of the solution. Are president obama and his team shaping world events or putting the u. S. At risk . Americas friends worry weve lost our way. On the left, van jones. On the right, s. E. Cupp. In the crossfire tommy vietor, who work eed for the president and Danielle Pletka, an obama critic. Tonight on crossfire. Welcome to crossfire. Im van jones on the left. Im s. E. Cupp on the right. In the crossfire tonight guests with starkly different views of president obamas syria policy. The syria peace talks have just now, people like senator john mccain are calling for u. S. Military action again. We just saw secretary of state john kerrly today calling for help from the russians again. No wonder syria is a mess. President obama drew red lines, then abandoned them. He called for Bashar Al Assads ouster, then abandoned that. He called for military intervention and abandoned that, too. Abandoning our imperat
is now al qaeda stand. as it did in libya, in iraq, in marx ali and the ma greb, exploits these areas of conflict where there s a power vacuum, no leadership. they re there now building infrastructure, opening school, opening power plants, hiring people, recruiting. we would all agree that is a terrible, frightening scenario. what do we do about it? we re very good at listing problems at this table. pi haven t heard anyone list a solution yet. i m asking you, our guest, for a solution. you work closely with the president. what are is solutions for that big problem? there s going to be a need for a decades-long development, governance and capacity building approach across the region. this president has dealt with unrest like no other president before. it swept the region. i agree with you, yes, there are greater security challenges now than there were before. i don t think that means we should automatically say let s