Rubio: Tillerson’s Strategy of Beating ISIS and then Working with Assad Won’t Work

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP SEN ░░░░░░░░ Rubio R Florida I ░░░░░░░░ never supported the use ░░░░░░░░ military force of U ░░░░░░░░ military force in this ░░░░░░░░ and I still don ░░░░░░░░ I believe that U ░░░░░░░░ military action of the ░░░░░░░░ contemplated here may prove ░░░░░░░░ be counterproductive After a ░░░░░░░░ days of missile strikes ░░░░░░░░ will allow Assad for ░░░░░░░░ to emerge and claim ░░░░░░░░ he took on the ░░░░░░░░ States and survived And ░░░░░░░░ the way I also ░░░░░░░░ this action could unleash ░░░░░░░░ series of events that ░░░░░░░░ further destabilize the region ░░░░░░░░ VIDEO CLIP STEPHANOPOULOS Senator ░░░░░░░░ Rubio back in 2013 ░░░░░░░░ against what he called ░░░░░░░░ military strikes against Bashar ░░░░░░░░ Assad in Syria He ░░░░░░░░ joining us now this ░░░░░░░░ Senator Rubio thank you ░░░░░░░░ joining us this morning ░░░░░░░░ Thanks George STEPHANOPOULOS That ░░░░░░░░ back in 2013 You ░░░░░░░░ President Trump s strike ░░░░░░░░ week as a first ░░░░░░░░ in a longer strategy ░░░░░░░░ are you worried based ░░░░░░░░ what we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ Assad this morning the ░░░░░░░░ up and running again ░░░░░░░░ defiance that the consequences ░░░░░░░░ feared back in 2013 ░░░░░░░░ coming through now Rubio ░░░░░░░░ first of all the ░░░░░░░░ actually happened And I ░░░░░░░░ say that three and ░░░░░░░░ half years is a ░░░░░░░░ time Here s a ░░░░░░░░ things that have changed ░░░░░░░░ s the first thing ░░░░░░░░ s changed from 2013 ░░░░░░░░ now the Russians are ░░░░░░░░ there Assad was losing ░░░░░░░░ in 2013 If we ░░░░░░░░ armed non jihadist elements ░░░░░░░░ the ground they could ░░░░░░░░ overthrown him That s ░░░░░░░░ I thought was the ░░░░░░░░ approach at the time ░░░░░░░░ second is that the ░░░░░░░░ what they were proposing ░░░░░░░░ no clear objective They ░░░░░░░░ to blow up some ░░░░░░░░ to send a message ░░░░░░░░ don t think you ░░░░░░░░ the U S military ░░░░░░░░ to send a message ░░░░░░░░ strike was limited but ░░░░░░░░ had a clear strategic ░░░░░░░░ which was the destruction ░░░░░░░░ degrading of a key ░░░░░░░░ installation that is used ░░░░░░░░ these chemical attacks That ░░░░░░░░ look I listened to ░░░░░░░░ interview earlier today I ░░░░░░░░ that Secretary Tillerson is ░░░░░░░░ to have on your ░░░░░░░░ and I m a ░░░░░░░░ concerned about the outlines ░░░░░░░░ the strategy as I ░░░░░░░░ it I think it ░░░░░░░░ based on assumptions that ░░░░░░░░ frankly are not the ░░░░░░░░ ones And I hope ░░░░░░░░ ll reconsider this idea ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ rid of ISIS and ░░░░░░░░ we ll hopeful use ░░░░░░░░ and others to come ░░░░░░░░ with a solution it ░░░░░░░░ not going to work ░░░░░░░░ long as Assad is ░░░░░░░░ you re going to ░░░░░░░░ a radical jihadist Sunni ░░░░░░░░ even if you destroy ░░░░░░░░ it ll be al ░░░░░░░░ and that new coalition ░░░░░░░░ people who have been ░░░░░░░░ and gassed and human ░░░░░░░░ violations against them will ░░░░░░░░ accept Assad as their ░░░░░░░░ ruler and they will ░░░░░░░░ or become radicalized in ░░░░░░░░ the fight him.