calculation irrespective of what is going on on the ground, which would be a good thing. my question all week has been what is our foreign policy with regard to syria. it cannot be ad hoc and emotional. needs to be spelled out. it s not only for our own people but the people in harms way that fight the battle. and also offense. it s not appropriate for the president to and offensive war. it s a sticking point for the republicans and the democrats, too. you bring up a good point. i d be remiss if i didn t talk about the authorization of use of military force. a lot of presidents have used it. they re using a law passed in 2001 to strike and 2002. two separate either way, 11 and 12 years old respectively. and the world looks differently. the voice that is missing from the syria conversation is the
steppingstone to the geneva conference in early february of which the united states is a major party. and all the players will be there. so it gives the united states an opportunity if they do attend, with their eyes wide open and one hand on our wallet, and see what can be achieved at the conference. mostly it could be a conso consolidation of this very, very fragile cease fire, if they can achieve that and begin to outline some political talks that could be helpful. let s shift to russia, away from that end of the syria conversation. let s listen to something that outgoing cia director john
is. she s been a little too pro intervention over the years but she s backtracked and she s brilliant and she ll do a great job. it s interesting how the syria conversation will go as we go forward. and we don t get to discuss libya actually, she was never allowed to go through the actual confirmation process where it might be hurt in the process. joan walsh, msnbc analyst, thank you. we re getting used to our institutions failing us but it s becoming a punch line for american success. i ll tell you what it is next. you make a great team.
of all this. and samantha power is being nominated as her replacement. she s going to have a relatively uncontroversial confirmation and she s a journalist and pulitzer prize winner and american authored an enpsych low paidic history of genocide and america s roll in it and the president read if and now look wherey where she is. she s been a little too pro intervention over the years but she s backtracked and she s brilliant and she ll do a great job. it s interesting how the syria conversation will go as we go forward. and we don t get to discuss libya lord knows what susan rice s politics are, because she was never allowed to go through the actual confirmation process where it might be hurt in the process. joan walsh, msnbc analyst, thank you. we re getting used to our institutions failing us but it s becoming a punch line for american success. american excess.
prize winner and american genocide of genocide and america s role and the president read it and now look where she is. she s been a little too pro intervention over the years but she s backtracked and she s brilliant and she ll do a great job. it s interesting how the syria conversation will go as we go forward. and we don t get to discuss libya actually, she was never allowed to go through the actual confirmation process where it might be hurt in the process. joan walsh, msnbc analyst, thank you. we re getting used to our institutions failing us but it s becoming a punch line for american success. i ll tell you what it is next. she s still the one for you -