were doing it by uprising and et cetera. syria has now brought back the narrative of al qaeda. where do you think al qaeda is? they are more effective. we ve got to keep one thing in mind you just mentioned, this comes off the back of the egyptian militaryover throwing i spent time with their leaders in prison. i know them intimately. i ve been critical of the ideology per se. i ve been critical of the muslim brotherhood s track record. at the same time, i don t believe it military dictatorships. so at the back of a democratically yet liberal regime being overthrown by a military regime in egypt we now have the syria scenario. it s easy for al qaeda to say look we tried democracy in egypt. we used to give flowers to the syrian troops and we re being killed. the only thing that works is violence. that s a recruitment sergeant to al qaeda. i want to bring in the literary editor of the new republic he joins us now from washington.
they are more effective. we ve got to keep one thing in mind you just mentioned, this comes off the back of the egyptian militaryover throwing i spent time with their leaders in prison. i know them intimately. i ve been critical of the ideology per se. i ve been critical of the muslim brotherhood s track record. at the same time, i don t believe it military dictatorships. so at the back of a democratically yet liberal regime being overthrown by a military regime in egypt we now have the syria scenario. it s easy for al qaeda to say look we tried democracy in egypt. we used to give flowers to the syrian troops and we re being killed. the only thing that works is violence. that s a recruitment sergeant to al qaeda. i want to bring in the literary editor of the new republic he joins us now from washington. i know you ve been listening to this. you support military action. why? in syria?