of these situations because i heard the congresswoman talk about and you also in the intro about afghanistan, north korea, about syria. if i could just so the viewers understand a little bit of the difference -- >> sure. >> in syria, it was a punitive strike. it was basically telling bashar al assad, the leader of syria, and the world, anyone looking, that you cannot use chemical weapons against your people. and i know that he used chlorine bombs against his people, and that's bad. but sarin gas is a whole nother level of horrible. so i think it was important. i supported that strike because it was important just as a punitive strike, not as the start of any kind of ongoing or new military campaign, although of course we have almost 1,000 people, troops in syria right now. in afghanistan, we have an ongoing war. all he did was use a different kind of bomb. i mean really i think it's a little overhyped. on north korea, i'm very concerned because north korea, the leader is not irrational. what he wants is to stay in power. he wants to deter us, and the