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A statement issued by three US senators called for President Obama to take action against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. America was founded on the ethos of non-interventionism, says journalist James Corbett, and while Obama just recently said that the US can’t be there to help everyone, how does America pick and chose when to come to the rescue? Will American intervention in Syria become Libya 2.0? Corbett discusses with RT’s Kristine Frazao the potential expansion of democracy as America considers “helping out” once again.