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Aug 28, 2013
ADDRESSING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE U.S. IS ON THE BRINK OF WAR WITH SYRIA AND REPORTS THAT AN ATTACK IS LIKELY, MIKE SAYS: “THE SETUP FOR THIS WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON AS TO WHEN THIS ATTACK MIGHT TAKE PLACE, WHERE IT MIGHT TAKE PLACE, WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ATTACK IS—INCLUDING ALMOST DOWN TO THE SPECIFIC TARGETS OF THE ATTACK. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO ASSAD THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUNISHED FOR USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS. AND THE PUNISHMENT IS COMING, BUT… JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DON’T WANT YOU TO OVERREACT TO IT. PERHAPS THE OBJECTIVE IS TO FORCE [ASSAD] INTO A NEGOTIATING POSITION. WE’RE GOING TO FIND THAT OUT, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE COMING DAYS AHEAD.” ON MORNING JOE ON MSNBC.

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