syrian government forces and said it was in response to an attack on u.s. based forces. without much of a debate we appear to be sucked into another war in syria. michael walls is a republican candidate for congress to for from florida counter terrorism vice president dick cheney and he joins us tonight. thanks a lot for coming on. i appreciate it. >> hey, thanks, tucker. >> tucker: i realize these things are really complicated. that's the nature of them there are upsides and down sides. if you take a few steps back. life expectancy in the united states just went down reported today for the second year in a worl row. a lookout of hurting people in this country. how does getting involved in a war in syria and we're involved in a war in syria. >> yeah. >> tucker: help americans in any way? >> well, tucker, first i think we need to take a step back and kind of go macroto micro. the world has enjoyed this longest period of prosperity post world war ii led by the united states. defended by the united states military. the system that i think we often take for granted of