the justification for the u.s. of force. hagel will make the military case that it is military fire power that must be used that show of force to punish the assad regime for its use of chemical weapons. diplo diplomacy hasn t worked. the president has already said he wants to undertake military action. he wants congress to approve it. what the next step may be is for hagel to make the case but where he may run into trouble is trying to convince members of congress that it s going to change anything on the ground in syria. this will be a very limited operation and many people will tell you it s very doubtful it s going to make the assad regime change its behavior. barbara, can you describe for us what you think this military plan will look like. what are some of the details of
professor. the speech on may 23rd is he wants to wind down the wars. one way is to make it harder for presidents to unilaterally go to war. the other element is there s no international authorization for war. there s no u.n. resolution. nato has said some nice things but said it s not going to participate in some sort of operation and the arab league has made clear it won t sign off on military operation. in the absence of international partners except france or some role for turkey, you need congress and also it s a matter of precedecedencprecedence. it s important that if the operation happens it s done with congressional approval. this does allow the president some political cover. you had more than 200 lawmakers sign a petition saying he should