In This Remarkable Time For The World,

Our Military Is Overextended. Nine Out Of 10 Active-duty Army Divisions Are Either In Iraq, Going To Iraq Or Have Come Back From Iraq. One Way Or The Other, They're Wrapped Up In It.

You Just Don't Invade Another Country On Phony Pretext In Order To Assert Your Interests!

I Mean, All Of These Things That [bashar Assad] Has Done, There's No Way Even If President Obama Wanted To Just Play Along That You Could Actually Achieve Peace, Because There Are 65 Million Sunni In Between Baghdad And The Border Of Turkey, Syria, And Iraq, Who Will Never, Ever Again Accept Assad As A Member - As A Legitimate Leader.

I'm Motivated By My Passion For Our Basic Values, Protecting Our Interests, And For Protecting The Future.

[bashar] Assad Himself Has Said On Several Occasions Recently That If The People Of Syria Don't Believe I Should Be There In The Future, Then I Would Step - I Would Leave. He Has Said It. He Has, On Occasion, Hinted That He Wants A Political Settlement Of One Kind Or Another. I Think It's Up To His Supporters, His Strongest Supporters, To Make It Clear To Him That If You're Going To Save Syria, Assad Has Made A Set Of Choices - Barrel Bombing Children, Gassing His People, Torturing His People, Engaging In Starvation As A Tactic Of War.