at andrews air force base any minute right now, then head back to the white house. you're looking at live pictures of the white house right now. i'm john berman in for piers morgan tonight. the obama white house is framing the debate on syria in historic terms. you just heard the president there. but so far, many in congress and the country are unconvinced. here with some perspective, fareed zakaria and douglas brinkley. fareed, let me start with you. you heard the president bring up world war ii, the bombings on london that happened before the u.s. entered into the war. you heard secretary of state bring up hitler in much more direct ways, and nazi germany in much more direct ways. are these apt comparisons, do you think? >> no, they are not apt to begin with. let's just remember our history. adolf hitler controlled the largest army in the world in 1938 when the munich accord was signed, second richest or third richest country in the world and had a plan to conquer all of europe, perhaps all of the world.