nermeen: let's bring in rashid khalidi.o you agree with what moazzam begg said about what needs to happen? first, your response of the u.s., british, and french strikes. and then what you think needs to happen. >> the important thing that needs to happen, this is a civil war in a proxy war. exactly as moazzam begg said, the most lethal part of this is the proxy war by these air forces. whether we're talking about the united states, turkey, emirates, saudi arabia and so forth on one side or russia and iran on the other side. the on the way to deal with this is to both address the political issues and get a proper regime in syria and a place -- in place of the assad. thisimportantly, to end external intervention. that will require a completely different approach. not just by the u.s., but the countries up to the ears in it. the syrian war was not just a civil war. it was like the lebanese war, but what is going on in lemon an libya. -- 11 of the most lethal part of that intervention is fight air forces. my view it is not just

nermeen: let's bring in rashid khalidi.o you agree with what moazzam begg said about what needs to happen? first, your response of the u.s., british, and french strikes. and then what you think needs to happen. >> the important thing that needs to happen, this is a civil war in a proxy war. exactly as moazzam begg said, the most lethal part of this is the proxy war by these air forces. whether we're talking about t te united states, turkey, emirates, saudi arabia and so forth on one side or russia and iran on the other side. the on the way to deal with this is to both address the political issues and get a proper regime in syriaia and a place -- in ple of the assad. thisimportantly, to end external intervention. that will require a completely different approach. not just by the u.s., but the coununtries up to the ears in it. the syrian w war was not just a civil war. it was like the lebanese war, but what is going on in lemon an libya. -- 11 of the most lethal part of that intervention is fight air forces. my view it is not