we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible, a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice about using chemical weapons. he said on one hand, we don t use pinpricks, we do really big things, and on the other hand, he said this will make him think twice. there is a tension there, as he talks to congress. karl, thank you, as always. you bet. and coming up, saying no to syria strikes, and congressman adam kissinger says yes. did president obama just change their minds? plus, lieutenant colonel oliver north prepared to go on the record. we want to know what you think. just use hash tag greta. united states military doesn t do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other
what has changed? you have now heard back from the white house. i heard back quickly. we made the point, a week ago, i said we re in support of the strikes, willing to talk to our party about it. didn t hear anything back, about a half hour ago i got a comment from the white house, and yesterday a comment from the chief of staff. why didn t they respond back? well, you hear this from republican and democrats, the bridges have been burned for a long time between the president and republicans. he never built bridges, whether it was with the martiniqhealth bill, and now, they say they need congressional support for it, they re trying to play catchup in a week, hopefully in the future, now the administration has learned you have to have congress as part of congress. well, with the president calling them, and them saying i ll help you out with syria, like having a plant in the enemy
tonight. in fact, he backed away in the next paragraph. we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for a dictator and a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice about using chemical weapons. he said on one hand, we don t use pinpricks, we do really big things and in the next paragraph, he said, this will make him think twice before using chemical weapons again. there is a tension there, as he talks to congress. karl, thank you, as always. you bet. straight ahead, lawmakers at o odds, saying no to syria strikes, and congressman adam kissinger says yes. did president obama just change their minds? plus, lieutenant colonel oliver north prepared to go on the record. we want to know what you think. just use #greatta. you might see your post on the record. the united states military doesn t do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send
line. that because assad used chemical weapons, americans must act or lose credibility. i would react that america s credibility doesn t reside in one man. if others need to know if america will defend themselves, let them look at 9/11. when attacked we responded with military force and with the military objective with complete objectives. reagan s defense secretary spelled out a systemic approach. first, the american people must be supportive. overwhelmingly supportive. but most importantly, our mission must be to win. there is no clearly defined mission in syria. no clearly defined american interest. in fact, the obama administration has specifically stated that no military solution exists. they have said that the war will be unbelievably small and limited. to me, that sounds like they are pre-announcing that the military
vetted rebels. there are different groups, i don t think it is clear who the good guys or bad guys are. i think that s the way americans see it. that is what i hear from all over and around the state. what are the conversations with president putin? the president indicated these have been going on for a while. continuing the discussion at the g-20 summit. but you have to realize that president putin came up through the kgb and ran the kgb. russia, i believe the re-set has failed with russia. you look at their own record with chemical weapons. isn t russia s only base in the middle east in syria? they don t want us to hit that one, they want to make sure that syria is protected for them? well, they have been selling weapons to syria. the russians have not done a good job of disposing