and thourzing uauthorizing use military force. they have not brought that evidence before congress and before the american people, they have not spot authorization from congress to launch this military attack on another country. the fact is, that the united states has been waging this war, regime changed war for years covertly through the cia to overthrow the syrian government. the result of this had been suffering of the syrian people and hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions of refugees and the strengthen of terrorist groups in syria like al-qaeda and isis whose goals is to overthrow the syrian government. this escalation that president trump took yesterday in launching this military attack continues this illegal, unconstitutional war. congresswoman, you are saying when the secretary of defense
based on fear of what people may think or what is politically add ve adventagious for me. i went to congress promising my constituents and veterans and brothers and sisters in uniforms that i can do all i could to prec prevent our country making these mistakes in the future. i went to syria with the focus and mission on peace. how we can end this regime war. i am continuing that fight today. congresswoman, we got to take a quick break. i want to continue our conversation. lets take the break and we ll resume the discussion right after this. everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a truck-cicle.
i believe or doubt. what matters the most are the facts. the american people deserve to see and know the evidence before authorizing of this regime war. our interest must be on bringing about peace. that we truly care and are compassionate for the syrian people and women and innocent people who are impacted by this war, we need to end this destructive regime and not escalate it as the president just have done through his military strike last night. you know you got a lot of criticism for going to damascus and meeting him. why did you decide to meet with him? you know i went to syria in the interest of furthering the cause of peace to see firsthand from the syrian people and how we can bring about and end to this counter productive regime. something that i have been
lines. in reaction the president ordered the launch of tomahawk missiles on a syrian air base. important to note that air base was up and running in about 24 hours after the u.s. air strikes. now after that action syria mainly fell off the president s radar, barely a mention of it in the president s state of the union address later that year, and then, of course, at the end of march, the president said he d like u.s. troops to begin leaving syria, though the national security team convinced the president that it was too soon to leave. and now here we are just a few days later with this alleged chemical weapons attack, and the question of how the president will respond. now to discuss all of this i m joined by jeremy bash, msnbc national security analyst and former chief of staff at the cia and department of defense, josh lederman with the associated press, retired army colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and msnbc analyst and pediatrician and a volunteer with the syrian-ame
assad not to use chemical weapons in the past. we had a one and done missile attack. so assad s at it again. they see us, our resolve break, see our determination to stay in syria waning. if it becomes a tweet without meaning, then he s hurt himself in north korea. if he doesn t follow through and live up to that tweet we s going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran. so, jeremy, the president seems to be in a bit of a bind today from what he s said publicly with what his fellow republicans are calling for. important to note as we mentioned in our introduction, when president obama was faced with a similar situation he went to congress. a republican-led congress at the time was not up for any action in syria. what are the options that president trump faces now when it comes to a possible response? well, last year, ayman, the president undertook the most limited options, a small number of tomahawk land-attack crumbs that went after those specific targets that were associated w