launches an illegal and unconstitutional military strike against foreign governments. this is something that congress has not authorized and it s an escalation of a counterproductive regime change war in syria that our country has been waging for years, first for many years to the cia covertly and now overtly through president trump s reckless military strike last night. as you know well, this is a war that costs hundreds of thousands of syrian lives, it cost millions of syrian refugees to flee their homes and it has strengthened terrorist groups operating on the ground in syria like al qaeda, l new sir, isis, and others. whose sole goal is to overthrow the syrian government and take over and take ownership over syria. tucker: this was predicated on the sarin gas attack earlier in the week and everyone we talked to access, they said
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
this is something that congress has not authorized. and it s an escalation of a counter-productive regime change war in syria that our country has been wage are for years. first, through the cia and now through president trump s reckless military strike last night. as you know well, tucker, this is a war that has cost hundreds of thousands of syrian lives. it has caused millions to flee their home and it has strengthened these groups operating on the ground like al qaeda, isis and others whose sole goal is to overthrow the syrian government to take over. and take ownership over syria. tucker: so this attack last night s mission was predicated on this gas attack earlier in the week. everyone we have talked to on this show, people with access to classified intelligence has said the assad government did this,