PBS NewsHour

Should U.S. Punish Syria? Debating National Interest

Clip: 08/28/2013 | 11m 46s

Would a possible U.S. military strike in Syria send a message that chemical weapon use is universally unacceptable or make a bad situation worse? Jeffrey Brown gets three views from Hisham Melham of Al Arabiya, Ivo Daalder of Chicago Council on Global Affairs and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago.

Aired: 08/28/13

Rating: NR

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