well, look, i don t think congress is letting down anybody. i think congress has to debate what the issues are and make a decision. we did pass the syrian accountability act. i also didn t hear a lot of people being opposed to this quote/unquote red line we hear so much about. a year ago when the red line was put down. now that it s actually happened, i think it s up to the president. look, he s the commander in chief. a sophomore congressman from illinois is not the commander in chief. i shouldn t be the one out having to sell this to the american people. he s got to be a leader in this. you look back as far as i think bosnia and the american people did not support strikes on bosnia and kosovo. in hindsight, we see those strike, actually are very popular now a days and accomplished a lot. he needs to put out what the plan is, what the future is. i think it s very simple. make the cost of using chemical weapons far exceed any benefit gained by assad and every time he thinks about usi
waving your arms saying, you know, mr. president, we re on your side. we are supporting you in this. but we need you to lead the way yeah. a sophomore congressman can t, a sophomore congressman can t sell this to the american people. the president of the united states needs to do it. and i m going to continue to go out and talk about the need to do this because i think it s right. but the president s got to do the same thing. martha: you are former air force special operations, and i m curious what you think about the pictures that are emerging today of rebels in syria holding guns over shirtless men who are crouching in front of them. it s a horrific picture on the new york times , and there s no doubt it s going to get a lot of attention from the american people, and they re going to say these are the guys you want to back? sure. and i still serve in the air national guard as a major. i ll tell you what, yeah, there s no doubt that the rebels probably 15-20% of them was the