this is a disturbing video of the victims of that alleged regime chemical attack. it was shown by the administration to senators earlier this week in closed door briefings as it argued for punishing the regime. and then i want to show you this newspaper here. take a look at this. this is an article and a picture on the front page of thursday s new york times. it s basically raising the questions about the opposition. who can we trust there? the regime shows freedom fighters are there, actually, regime fighters, and they were executed. so, gentlemen, we look at the media and we look at the fact that this is being reported, and no one is giving the president or congress a pass on this one. what do you say about the way this is being handled? this is the first time, kelly, that the administration, and particularly president obama himself, have come under real harsh scrutiny by the media. during the campaign, the first and the second, obama s internal joke was his political base was th
against those to have taken power? that s going to be the ultimate test. that s why there s so much concern among the opposition rebel groups. the new york times released video this week showing rebels executing regime fighters. we now know the video is from 2012, not 2013 as originally reported. how does the release of such a video make it harder for rebels to gain international support or domestic support as well here in this country? reporter: well, it certainly complicates the efforts of the secular opposition, the opposition that is trying to win international legitimacy because they now have to fight two separate battles. one, they have to convince syrians why they are a better alternative to president bashar al assad and his regime but they have to convince the international community that if they do come into power they will respect universal human rights and the rights of
ally. my question is abdullah with the security force, intelligence forces are the great. is he able to get those syrian fighters, those regime fighters, fighting against the regime to come and train? yes. they ve been able to get him in there. sn. they re coming in increasing numbers. they were resisting that. military action, as you mentioned, won t be a cake walk. at least according to bob behr. he told politico it would be like walking into a giant lawn mower blade. this is worse than iraq in terms of putting troops inside syria s borders. it s more chaotic and more likely you will lose a lot of troops. so he is a respected guy and troops on the ground, is anybody on our side, in our corner, mccain, anybody saying put in the troops, paratroopers, go in and fight on the ground. yes. there s been a lot of military planning for different kinds without going into the specifics that would go in in the event we
my question is abdullah with the security forces, intelligence forces are great. is he able to get those syrian fighters, those regime fighters fighting against the regime to come and train? yes. they ve been able to get them in there? they re coming in increasing numbers. into jordans. they re resisting that. military action, as you mentioned, won t be a cake walk. at least according to former cia officer bob bear. he told politico, it will be like walking into a giant lawn mower blade. this is worse than iraq in terms of putting troops inside syria s borders. it s more chaotic and more likely you will lose a lot of troops. bob is a respected guy. he s addressing troops on the ground. is anybody on our side, our quarter, mccain, anybody, saying put in the troops, paratroopers? david? yes, there s been a lot of military plans for different kinds of units without going into the specifics that would go in in the event we decided to
month and flow them into syria so you begin to have some framework. are they our people? these are people we re working with. vetted. we re working with a moderate general who the u.s. has are you confident as an analyst you think we could actually win this war? have the right side win? chris, i think the best outcome here is a negotiated settlement, but that requires russia to get off its backside. if failing that i have talked a number of times to general edris. i talk almost every day to his people, and they have a vision of a future syria that americans would be comfortable with. they re not jihadists. they re not extreme. they want to keep the country together. so i think the administration feels like it s finally found an ally. my question is abdullah with the security forces, intelligence forces are great. is he able to get those syrian fighters, those regime fighters fighting against the regime to come and train? yes. they ve been able to get them in there