people, these are people with skin in theeo game, and a severl were currently unfolding. look, i am not here to defend -- i hardly have to say this with a rational person, the regime of assad. by what i? i'm an american. my interest is only -- and that is why actors like you and on many other channels and all over the left, you are hearing people say what you said, which is, it's unpatriotic or in fact, treasonous to ask these questions. i am just saying, how do you account for the fact that thedo secretary of state is saying the same thing i said on monday? do you think he's just loyal? it's a real question based on the columns he's written. >> you are mischaracterizing his remarks. he is not putting into question this. if you do want to get into why it is necessary to respond to these attacks, then we should talk about that because i agree that the american public has not been informed by the political class as to what american