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a minority shiite family. 75% of syria are sunni, yet this minority sect were ruling the country. but this is not a tribal war that s going on now. brian: yeah. by the way, they were briefly our ally in the persian gulf war to take down saddam hussein. they helped george bush 41 and put a token force together as we pushed them out of kuwait. they really have american blood on their hands. when we look at this conflict, are there any good guys? well, that s a good question. the rebel armies are two main factions. one is under colonel riyadh, free syrian army, of that the original rebel group. then you had the supreme military council under general idris in which the qataris and later the saudis helped rise up in support. there is a question on both. i think we need some very good
confusing. what started this conflict in syria to begin with? do you remember? why is it impossible to obtain peace in that region, or seemingly? with us to break it down, a man who knows the history, as well as what the challenges are now, fox news military analyst lieutenant general thomas mcmirnyi. the ottoman empire breaks up, the western world draws up these countries. they were never meant to be together in the first place. exactly, brian. the french took them between world war 1 and world war ii. after world war ii, then they got their independence, went through a series of governments until finally al assad took charge and that was in 1970. so from that period to 2000 when his son, the current leader became leader, it s been under the assad family, which is now
will ready to confront vladimir putin. correct in. that s right. good morning. you remember that things were frosty back in june, even before the latest drama in the snowden situation. the trip more broadly so far has been dominated by the news conference yesterday in sweden where the president talked about that red line and said look, it was not my red line. it s international community s red line. it s not my credibility on the world stage that s on the line right now. it s the international community s credibility on the world stage right now. what he s trying to do there clearly is spread the responsibility and make it clear to the congress as they weigh this very important decision in the days ahead that in his words, what assad did, what his regime is accused of doing violates international norms. on the putin front, you mentioned back in june, we ve seen those pictures. putin looking down at his shoes basically. the body language suggesting that relations were pretty frosty. l
brian: they called secretary of state kerry a liar. gretchen: there hasn t been a lot of discussion about israel s stance in this thing. that would be one of the first countries syria would go after if there would be retaliation. steve: israel did respond a day or two ago and said if something happens to us, if they try to shoot something at us, we can take care of ourselves. putin s point, i heard russia on the radio a couple of days ago talking about there is a possibility that perhaps the rebels are the ones who got the poison gas and poisoned their own people. is al qaeda trying to frame assad? that s something a lot of people are wondering about. brian: 12 minutes after the hour. ahead, he comes to close the wage gap but it turns out income and inequality has grown under president obama. how did that happen? stuart varney on deck, some people say getting closer to the couch. steve: a trip to the