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Heck of a lot more ammunition than they have now. in other words, not only tons of munitions but probably hundreds of tons of munitions that can only come really over the long term from the united states. they are also going to need training. they are going to need adviser and have to they are going to have to sort of go back to school and learn how to go back to damascus and do this next time. in their minds, that s not going to happen. as always, thank you. moments ago a statement from the house gop leadership. this is include house speaker boehner, majority leader canter and kevin mccarthy, under the constitution, the responsibility to declare a war lies with congress. we are glad that the president is seeking authorization for any military action in syria in response to syria s substantive questions being raised. continuing, in consultation with the president, we expect the house to consider a measure the ....
Get involved in syria in some way, shape or form. another reluctant party in this has been the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who has been warning about potential air defenses by syria and he has been would you say, national security correspondent jennifer griffin, at the pentagon, in briefings, very reticent, if you will about any kind of action? i think that it is fair to say general dempsey for the last two-plus years, has been the most vocal voice against any sort of military action in syria. warning of the cost of the amount of troops hay would immediate in order to secure chemical weapons and to make any sort of difference and if, of course, regime change was what was being skrd ever considered, general dempsey warned against that for many months. when according to senior defense officials, when general dempsey was given the assignment of coming up with a plan for what would be a limited strike, what they call, in the pentagon, a deter and degrade ....
It is a limited intervention and limited duration, has carried the day here. i think you heard this expressed from member of congress, both democrats and republicans, and the people who have used the president s own words against him. previously he said the president should go to congress and have some authorization. this is a moment, i think, you can see that we are a democracy. the power of the people here is prevailing. american people are not convinced we are going have a good impact and not convinced that we have reviewed all of the possible repercussions of this action. you hear more and more talk that it attacks worse in the situation for better reason we had not intervened previously which is giving aid to al qaeda and prominent role among the rebels inside of syria. here is the president, i think, responding not only as i said to the american people and public opinion in the congress, but to martin democrat circumstances chairman of joint chiefs of staff, according to what ....
Take a listen now to a part of that speech in the rose garden when the president does talk about the potential military action. after careful deliberation i decided the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. this will not be an open-ended intervention. we would not put boots to the ground. instead our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope. i m confident that we can hold the assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons and deter this kind of behavior, and degrade their capacity to carry it out. talking about the military action seconds ago. this tweet from british prime minister david cameron. i understand and support barack obama s position on syria. understand that the british prime minister suffered a month vote from parliament this past week on his impassioned plea to ....
Degrading of the capacity, for assad to carry out this kind of attack again. that suggested if and when the united nations does get around to military action, in syria, it is going to be focused as we have been roaring some days now, on assad s chemical weapons delivery systems. thank you. we are getting word from syrian tv that the syrians are declaring victory saying the u.s. has could your cowered awa military action. what are you getting? reporter: syrian television has been having propaganda fills going on for days about the strength of the syrian military. they said if attacked they would strike israel. now just after the president s speech, some of which they carried live, they have now cut to a correspondent will on the streets of damascus. something of a street party ....