but the problem is now i m just looking at what you talk about, i m just looking at the diplomatic pathway. just talking about chemical weapons. yes, but don t you recognize that the threat of force has please that the threat of force has, a, gotten assad just to recognize that he does have chemical weapons? and forced what may actually be a serious negotiation? we have not been able to engage in any serious negotiation for two years. but now with the threat of force we can. i do admit. but the problem is, the regime is lying about handing over. it will take them months if not years just to tell you where the weapons are. and they will tell you, sorry, we can t move into there because it s dangerous and so on. this is number one. number two, yes, i admit that holding the stick over assad s head has made him just admit that he has chemical weapons. but just let us look at this example. oh, yeah.
so i honestly think john kerry and the president from the beginning have said, look, it s force and diplomacy mixed. if we can get a deal on chemical weapons, we will then push very quickly to try to get a deal on a transition and to end the war. now, whether it works or not we don t know. i think the threat of force increases the chances we get that. another quick break we have to take. zaidune, thank you very much for your opinions and your courage. thank you. it s 100% real milk that s easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love.
cnn s complete coverage of the president s speech continues now on ac 360 later. making the case for a military strike on syria promising it would neither be too big nor too small but crucially signalling his willingness to accept russian proposal for a diplomatic way out. over the last few days we ve seen some encouraging signs. in part because of the credible threat of u.s. military action as well as constructive talks that i had with president putin, the russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the international community in pushing assad to give up his chemical weapons. the assad regime has now admitted that it has these weapons and even said they d join the chemical weapons convention which prohibits their use.
about what s happening in the country. he s been detained at least twice. zaidune, thank you very much for joining us. do you believe the syrian regime, a regime which has lied repeatedly, which had said there would be a peace deal with kofi annan, a regime that said there would be referendums and had said there would be open protests allowed and was repeatedly lied over the last two years, do you believe they would actually be willing to give up chemical weapons? not at all. they are just playing with time. they are just buying time. this is a regime that if it says good morning, believe me, it is evening. it has been lying even over the weather news. it cannot be true by any means no way. so what do you think they re doing? the only thing that they just wanted, they are just buying time. just believe me. think of that. how can just inspectors go in? how would they move their equipment when there is a war inside?
right. and no one s pointed out that the israelis have had four separate strikes without retaliation. a lot less noise than this. i think he was on strong ground there. that s a very important point. we ve done this before and it has had a deterrent effect. the key thing is separating out, preventing the chemical weapons from being used or being lost. and affecting the entire syrian civil war. that s what the american people want the distinction to hold. they are happy, and i think would be prepared, and we see from the speech, interested in listen to get case for tackling the chemical weapons. look if the whole country went up in flames we d have to go in any way to secure those weapons. so we have headache, anyway. let s take a quick break. david kay, thank you again for sticking around. next up reaction from a man who has seen and suffered from the syrian regime voice of truth in syria. been imprisoned by the regime more than once. we ll talk to him ahead. ork? neutrogena�