a collapse of the syrian state and it breaking into factions of war and instability that threatens the entire region with this is one of the issues that i believe president obama will raise with president putin in russia this week. it is our hope, rather than have a collapse of the syrian state and it breaking into factions of war and instability that threatens the entire region with the spread of terrorism and chemical weapons, that instead there could be a negotiated transition, new elections, and new accommodations in syria for a post-assad regime where that comes to an end where some semblance of peace can be restored. senator coombs, what is your personal time table on this issue? will there be votes in the committee tomorrow? i expect there will be votes maybe as soon as tomorrow. at the latest, monday, and then we ll move to consideration on
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been trying to figure out. why would assad use chemical weapons? now, let s just assume for the moment that there is proof that he definitely did it, as you just heard senator coombs say in the last segment. but why would assad do that? knowing that it likely would provoke a military response from the united states? this makes absolutely no sense, unless you have read the dictator s handbook, which is a real book, which explains the peculiar thinking of dictators. we will see why using chemical weapons could make sense for syria s dictator, later in this program. when did you know that grandma was the one? when her sister dumped me. oh dad, you remember my friend alex?
joining me, the professor that created the research that led to the dictator s handbook. professor, it is the thing i ve been wondering about for days now, and only through the dictator s handbook does it begin to make sense, dictators don t think like any other leaders, do they? no, they live in a very, very different political world. and this perspective, this message is all to shore up his support and make sure his supporters in syria know that he is in there for the long haul. he has now committed a kind of crime that does not allow him any way out of syria. absolutely. for assad, this war is a matter of life and death. and the only people he can rely on are his supporters. and therefore, it is critical that he holds their loyalty. they re the people who fight for him and they do his killing for him. by committing unspeakable
here is the thing that i ve been trying to figure out. why would assad use chemical weapons? now, let s just assume for the moment that there is proof that he definitely did it, as you just heard senator coombs say in the last segment. but why would assad do that? knowing that it likely would provoke a military response from the united states? this makes absolutely no sense, unless you have read the dictator s handbook, which is a real book, which explains the peculiar thinking of dictators. we will see why using chemical weapons could make sense for syria s dictator, later in this program. [ male announcer ] introducing new fast acting advil.
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