indiscreet about your wisdom and your age. but you have witnessed several presidents making an appeal to the nation previously. but isn't this particular president undermined profoundly by the most recent military interventions in iraq and afghanistan? >> yes, he is. and i don't mind mentioning i was addressed in drafted into t war that president johnson was talking about there so i have a sense of dejavu when i hear presidents talk about we must act because the risk of enacting or inaction is much greater. that's the case that president obama has to make. and i don't think americans at this point are convinced of that. back in the days when we were fighting the commies, the world communist conspiracy efforts, that was the universal solvent as far as public opinion was concerned. as far as syria, we're talking about human rights concern, the case being made over and over again by president obama and the