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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130901 21:46:00

Should use military force and compared to libya in 2011, there the u.s. had u.n. security council resolution, clear arab league support, clear european support. the u.s. in some ways was a secondary actor. other countries were sharing the burdens of the war and if you compare that to today you see the u.s. is largely isolated and that s not where you want to be waging war in syria. the secretary of state on friday made a case for military action in syria. and then saw him today on the interview with cnn s state of the union. he s making the case saying, you know, there have been the traces. they have found the trace of sarin gas. what do you make of his making of the case? well, i had a great deal of john kerry and obama. and i think they have found evidence of a use of chemical ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130901 21:06:00

Targets. installations, command and control. especially the weapons delivery systems. not the chemical weapons themselves. but the artillery, the depots, the things to allow the regime to put those chemical weapons on targets. to fire them. that s what they re going to go after when they get the order, the ships remain in the mediterranean. about 40 tomahawk cruise missiles on each of the five ships. the military says they remain ready to go whenever they get an order from the president. barbara, you know, the u.s. military seems to be acting very transparent when it comes to its plans for syria. are they worried at all about the syrian government using this time to move weapons or place human shields next to likely targets? reporter: well, u.s. intelligence satellites are over syria 24/7 and have been for sometime. that s very public information, well understood. ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130901 21:05:00

the new york times last week. meantime, u.s. law enforcement officials say an attack on syria could spark retaliation in the form of terrorist attacks on the united states or u.s. interests abroad. and for the time being, it s hurry up and wait with u.s. military action in syria, a real possibility. the pentagon is keeping five warships armed with cruise missiles in the mediterranean sea ready and waiting for president obama s order to strike. that decision waits for congress. and their september 9th return to washington. want to get to the barbara starr live at the pentagon now. barbara, what and where are the syrian targets the u.s. identified? well, the general understanding, don, is it s all over the country, certainly a lot of them most likely in and around damascus where some of the chemical activity has taken place according to the administration. you know, look for them when they get the order, if they get the order, to go after regime ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130901 21:23:00

So let s talk more about this statement from secretary of state john kerry that signatures of sarin use were found in syria. kerry says it was collected from good and hair samples at the site of the attack 11 days ago and the video showing the scenes from that attack, very disturbing. 1,400 people in the attack in eastern damascus. 1,400 people. gloria borger asked kerry about the signatures of sarin. we don t contemplate gnat congrethe congress is going to vote no. we believe it s powerful and grows more powerful by the day. i can share with you today blood and hair sample that is have come to us through an appropriate chain of custody from east damascus, from first ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130901 21:43:00

All right. we are back now and continuing my conversation with dominic tierney. why do you think it is a bad move for the u.s. to intervene in syria? the whole case for war is based on the idea that chemical weapons are uniquely evil and a threat but the distinction of chemical weapons and conventional weapons is arbitrary, really. it is not clear that chemical weapons are more brutal than conventional weapons like high explosives are less brutal. conventional weapons killed 100,000 syrias. chemical weapons killed 1,000. if you re a woman in aleppo, say, seeing the family blown up by artillery shelling, you re not going to take solace in the fact they weren t gassed. and it begs the question, what does victory mean with this intervention in syria? so why then do we draw a distinction between the united states and the president said it s a red line? why draw a red line with chemical weapons? ....

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