intervention. today that debate happened on the floor of the house and it was a robust and at times just an excellent debate. wasn t here, of course. here in our country all that happened was a phone call between members of the administration and some members of congress who are basically still enjoying their vacation. we didn t have any debate here. no official debate. not even any official discussion. where they actually had the debate, the excellent debate was across the pond. why is it that our allies in the middle east like saudi, emirates, qatar, kuwait and others, cannot take military action in why does it fall on us yet again? put simply, is it in britain s national interest to maintain an international taboo about the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield? my argument is yes, it is. i take a question from the scottish national party. does he know if there are any plans over the last few days for any military action before next week planned at all against
president obama s numbers. 41% approve his foreign policy handling. to me, those are really tough numbers. the public is saying, we re not sure we approve of how this has been sold so far. correct me if i m wrong, and i follow this stuff pretty closely, foreign policy has long been a place where he was stronger than, say, where he was on the economy, when it relates to people supporting his position, correct? i think this is several years after the bin laden killing. which that boosted his numbers. it is interesting, his economic numbers have gone up. but i do think, you know, one thing our pollsters opponent out is once an action occurs if president explains this to the american public, once things, if things end up happening, public opinion can flip on a dime. so this is the situation right now. it could change if strikes occur. a very changeable situation.
the ayes to the right, 272. the noes to the left, 285. so the noes have it. the noes have it. moments after the vote, prime minister david cameron assured members he would not exercise what is known as the royal prerogative to go to war without parliamentary approval. i strongly believe in the need for a tough response to the use of chemical weapons, but i also believe in respecting the will of this house of commons. it is very clear tonight while the house has not passed a motion, it is clear to me the british parliament reflecting the views of the british people does not want to see british military action. i get that, and the government will act accordingly. voted down the measure despite a report from britain s joint intelligence committee calling it quote highly likely the syrian government used chemical weapons last week. the u.s. intelligence committee is expected to release its own report sometime tomorrow. we got a hint tonight of what the administration knows. senior u.
mr. kneel you re like an explod exploded volcano erupted, calm yourself man. the eyes to the right 272 the noes to the left, 285, so the noes have it. the noes have it. moments after the vote, prime minister david cameron assured members he would not exercise what is known as the royal prerogative to go to war without parliamentary approval. i strongly believe in the need for a tough response to the use of chemical weapons, but i also believe in respecting the will of this house of commons. it is very clear tonight while the house has not passed a motion, it is clear to me the british parliament reflecting the views of the british people does not want to see british military action. i get that, and the government will act accordingly. voted down the measure despite a report from britain s
going so far out on that limb? he s not planning anything that would eliminate the possibility that syria would do this again. why go so far out on this limb by launching this strike? once they drew that red line, it was crossed obviously repeatedly, but on this scale that they had to take action, and that the credibility of the united states is at stake. their goal, they say, is to punish assad and deter him, but a lot of critics, democrats as well as republicans, say that that is not a legal reason to use military action. punishment. you need the legal predicate, number one, and that is not a wise mission. bill cohen i interviewed today, and he said we need to know what steps two, three, four and five are going to be and what is the larger strategy? and he should wait. tim kaine this morning, democratic senator, former democratic national chairman, saying the president should not be doing this, he should be