This Week with George Stephanopoulos – September 7, 2014

Martha Raddatz

Jon Karl

Pierre Thomas

Jeff Zeleny

Matt Bai

Jim Avila

Pierre Thomas

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)

Raddatz: OMG Obama is

going to destroy ISIS

Expert: they are the biggest

threat since 9/11

Obama: I'm going to crush them

like I did bin Laden and Qaddafi

and Mitt what's-his-name

Raddatz: President has built

an international coalition but

will the US invade Syria?

Raddatz: the US is now flying over

Syria just to take a look around

and see what's bomb-worthy

Stephanopoulos: if we bomb ISIS

that helps Assad who is a vicious dictator

Raddatz: yes but Assad is not about

to attack the US homeland

Zeleny: Republicans are unified in

hating Obama but divided on

supporting his bombing ISIS

Cruz: we should bomb ISIS!

Zeleny: in Syria?

Cruz: that's not the point

Zeleny: does Obama need

Congressional approval to bomb Syria?

Cruz: yes!

Rubio: no!

Zeleny: there are division in the GOP

and inside Rand Paul's head

Paul: we should not bomb ISIS!

Paul: we must bomb ISIS!

Jindal: No knows what to do

but Obama is a bad leader

Zeleny: what should Obama say this week?

Cruz: he should name me President

Thomas: the 9/11 anniversary

is coming up soon

Stephanopoulos: didn't we 

do that last year?

Thomas: ISIS isn't the only

threat to America – there's Syria

Yemen and those al-qaeda guys

on jungle gyms

Stephanopoulos: what should 

I be terrified of?

Ray Kelly: it's the threats you don't

see coming you need to worry about

Stephanopoulos: what should

we be scared of today?

King: ISIS but Al-Qaeda wants to

get back in the game and also

home grown threats

Stephanopoulos: of course

King: we can't let our 

guard down for a second!!

Stephanopoulos: some say

ISIS isn't going to destroy

American anytime soon

Smith: true it's more lone wolves

Stephanopoulos: does President have

authority to bomb Syria

King: yes I think he should go

ahead without Congress –

bombing ISIS is too important

Smith: yes the President has the

authority but he should probably

go to Congress since it would pass

Stephanopoulos: what will it take

to defeat ISIS?

King: years and years of bombing

and inserting special forces and

finally training the Iraqi army

Smith: it will take Sunni allies

plain and simple

Stephanopoulos: oh?

Smith: if it's just the U.S. bombing

ISIS it will only strengthen ISIS

Stephanopoulos: oh boy

Avila: wow Obama miffed latinos

when he delayed action on immigration

Latinos: we're frustrated!

Avila: Obama was going to act until

Guatemalan children crossed the

border and ruined everything

Latinos: Stop Deportations

Avila: Obama was worried action

would increase GOP voter turnout

Stephanopoulos: Luis what's your

reaction to Obama not

not-deporting people?

Gutierrez: the White House is

playing it safe but we can't

walk away from our principles

Stephanopoulos: strong stuff

Gutierrez: Latinos put Obama in the

White House and gave him the Senate!

Stephanopoulos: so will Latinos forgive him?

Gutierrez: I'm going to meet with

White House officials this week

and lay down the law

Stephanopoulos: what do you want?

Gutierrez: people who have been

here for years should not be

hunted down and deported 

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Stephanopoulos: what about this

coalition against ISIS?

Karl: Obama is going to speak

this week about bombing but

not attacking Syria

Stephanopoulos: Obama is doing

what GOP wants so how are they

going to stay mad at him?

Kristol: Obama is weak because he

is making speeches about bombing

instead of bombing

Stephanopoulos: he has 

bombed ISIS 100 times

Kristol: he doesn't want to send U.S.

troops to get ISIS – that's not serious

Brazile: Republicans rushed to

invade Iraq without a strategy

and we have to avoid that

Stephanopoulos: Rand Paul

flip-flopped on isolationism

Karl: Paul has been bashing aggressive

foreign policy and now he says Obama

isn't aggressive enough

Bai: voters wants an outsider to

sow chaos in Washington and an

insider to bring stability to the world

Kristol: Republicans like war

and they will always like war