William Cohen on military action in Syria

7 March 2012 Last updated at 21:31 ET Help

On Monday, US Senator John McCain called for US air strikes against Syrian forces.

President Barack Obama has described the situation in Syria as "heartbreaking" but said that unilateral US military intervention there would be a mistake.

Katty Kay spoke with former US Secretary of Defense William Cohen about what the options are to stop the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Syria.

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