03/21/2012
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"It is failing, Senator."
"Do you agree that, if we gave Iranians, say, $50 billion as a signing bonus for their nuclear program, it's highly likely that some of that money would go to Assad?"
"I agree. Do you agree with that, General?"
"The only way I see ISIL to be degraded or destroyed is for a ground force, regional in nature, to go into Syria."