summit on friday. these actions are always unpopular because they seem distant and removed. and i want to make sure i m being clear. i m not drawing an analogy to world war ii other than to say when london was getting bombed it was profoundly unpopular both in congress and around the country to help the british. it doesn t mean it wasn t the right thing to do. joining me now democratic congressman david sicilini, member of the foreign affairs committee. with a big welcome to you. i want to look at what you said on monday. you were on msnbc. you said it would be a very heavy burden to convince you that strikes are necessary for the u.s. s national security. with what you know right now, these four or five days later, are you still leaning towards or certainly a no vote?
dropping it on a school. this is a person who has zero regard for human life. how do you deal with someone like that effectively? that s the cries we ve been hearing for so long from the syrian people and entire international community. how many lives need to be claimed before the international community reacts and before the international community responds? do you worry the military is at all stretched too thin even for this limited action? or are you confident that we re good? it s a very real concern. we re coming off of the heels of two of the longest wars in our nation s history. we currently still as we speak now have tens of thousands of troops who are still fighting in afghanistan. literally as we speak. how important do you think it is as a member of the military to know that you have congressional approval going into something like this opposed to just following orders from the president? i think as a member of the armed forces, is it in a way