in republican and democrat administrations. republican with bush in panama, they opposed noriega. they had peaceful democracy for decades. you had interventions by democratic presidents kicking out osama bin laden in pakistan. they took out a terrorist that probably saved thousands of lives and president clinton in kosovo with air strikes. so there s martha: are you suggesting air strikes in u.s. cuba? that option has to be explored. there s a variety of ways the military can do it. it needs to be discussed and looked at in addition to a variety of other options that can be discussed. martha: i hope you come back, mayor suarez. this is a fast-moving situation and our thoughts and prayers are with the people that have been taken off the streets and put in prison in cuba for having to
ronald reagan invaded grenada in 1983. the same as george h.w. bush in panama in 1989. bush did the same thing in somalia in 92, bill clinton bombed iraq in 98. bill clinton led the nato bombing of the former yugoslavia in 99. no congressional authorization. obama launched tomahawk cruise missiles to get rid of gadhafi in 2011. no congressional authorization. why do you believe it s necessary now? well, let s be clear, the president is not does not believe he is required to seek congress s authorization. what he believes is that when congress authorizes his proposal for a limited targeted strike so that assad understands that our response to his violation of a 100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons against either your own people
representative debbie wasserman-schultz. also chairs the committee. thanks for coming in. you re welcome, thanks for having me. explain why the president decided to require congressional authorization for using force to punish the syrians for using chemical weapons. we have a list of other examples, where nothing along those lines was required. ronald reagan invaded grenada in 1983. the same as george h.w. bush in panama in 1989. bush did the same thing in somalia in 92, bill clinton bombed iraq in 98. bill clinton led the nato bombing of the former yugoslavia in 99. no congressional authorization. obama launched tomahawk cruise missiles to get rid of gadhafi in 2011. no congressional authorization. why do you believe it s necessary now?
action. just like the british prime minister david cameron. he s not taking any military action now that he was rejected by the parliament in london. we ll have live coverage here on cnn tomorrow. of the senate foreign relations committee hearing with the secretaries of state and defense, and the chairman of the joint chiefs. we ll see you there then. there certainly is a division within the democratic party as well. let s bring in one democrat who says the debate about syria will make this country stronger. she supports the president, representative debbie wasserman-schultz. also chairs the committee. thanks for coming in. you re welcome, thanks for having me. explain why the president decided to require congressional authorization for using force to punish the syrians for using chemical weapons. we have a list of other examples, where nothing along those lines was required. ronald reagan invaded grenada in 1983. the same as george h.w. bush in
either side. i have seen news reports that says the rebels may well have access to chemical weapons. i have seen no evidence from our intelligence committee that s the other thing about this. should we go to war without the president coming before a joint session of congress, presenting the case and showing the intelligence? we ve been misled before. in iraq we were misled by the intelligence. even at the various high levels of government the intelligence was massaged, i believe, to try to instigate and get us into the war in iraq. i don t want that to happen again. we should have a more deliberate evaluation of the information before we go to war. well, the war in iraq there was resolutions passed by both the senate and the house. and some of the other examples i gave, ronald reagan and grenada, for example, no resolution passed. very quickly, did he ronald reagan or president george h.w. bush in panama, did they violate the constitution by sending