military loss here probably in the next 24 to 48 hours in tikrit, what you re eventually going to see is him flipping this to be a propaganda advantage to attract sunnis from all over the planet earth to join isis. what the end result of that is likely to be is the saudis, the jordanians, the egyptians, the emirates are probably going to end up putting ground forces into the fight in iraq in order to show that they can fight back against the per shans. the pors case outcome of this is and it s likely to happen right after the carry kerry and obama administration announced that they ve done a deal with the iranians on nuclear weapons, is you will see a middle east nuclear arms race that everyone wants to prevent, but it will be the direct consequence of what this administration has done and failed to do ever since 2011.
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telling them all but get out of the area. reporter: the defense secretary told the bbc u.s. ships are positioned, preparations complete. we are ready to go. reporter: and a defense official tells cnn if the president chooses the most limited option, it could be over in two to three days. cruise missiles could target syria s weapons launchers and command and control facilities, but that s it. the options we are considering are not about regime change. reporter: and this some say could backfire on the white house. it may give bashar al assad a propaganda advantage by saying he was able to resist the united states attacks. reporter: the administration continues to accuse bashar al assad of gassing his own people. there is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons. reporter: but so far, they ve offered no hard evidence. the intelligence community is working on an assessment. reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn that assessment includes forensi
must be held accountable. reporter: another sign to expect action, u.s. officials all but telling u.n. inspectors, get out of the way. and it s clear the security situation isn t safe for the team in syria. reporter: the defense secretary told the bbc u.s. ships are positioned, preparations complete. we are ready to go. reporter: and a defense official tells cnn if the president chooses the most limited option, it could be over in two to three days. cruise missiles could target syria s weapons launchers and command and control facilities, but that s it. the options we are considering are not about regime change. reporter: and this some say could backfire on the white house. it may give bashar al assad a propaganda advantage by saying he was able to resist the united states attacks. reporter: the administration continues to accuse bashar al assad of gassing his own people. there is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons. reporter: but
but that s it. the options that we are considering are not about regime change. reporter: that, some say, could backfire on the white house. it may give bashar al assad a propaganda advantage by saying he was able to resist the united states attacks. > > . reporter: the heinous use of chemical weapons. reporter: but so far they offered no hard evidence. the intelligence community is working on an assessment. reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn that assessment includes forensic evidence that chemical weapons were used and satellite activity at chemical weapons depots and communications of syrian forces. now, sources told me they intercepted calls between syria and military commanders and the website foreign policy has additional details reporting it was a panic call from the ministry of defense. an official there calling one of