We are dealing with elements that, as we've said in the past, you know, we have concerns about things that they have done in the past. But the bottom line was we had two choices in Syria. Choice number one was to let the place fall apart into 18 different pieces. Long term civil war, instability, mass migration, playground for terrorists, ISIS running all over the place, Iran getting back in. That was choice number one. (41:41–41:47)
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Asserts that one option for Syria was to let it fall into chaos and fragmentation.
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