Newt Gingrich actually said...

I think you always have to worry. First of all you don't know what the Iranians are going to do to defend and protect Assad who has become in many, many ways their principal ally.

Context

Gingrich discusses the uncertainties and potential consequences of U.S. military engagement in Syria.

09/03/2013

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