Democrats, not unique but there are democrats stepping forward to say they do not want to see another commitment of the u. S. Military in a way that might not have the kind of control that one would hope. Thats one of the problems. The iraq war went in directions people didnt anticipate. Theres a great skepticism and even fear about what would happen if the u. S. Has to escalate in a war against isis or isil, as the president refers to it. So, what do we have . We have nancy pelosi, a progressive democrat say she has a lot of concerns about this but will vote to support the president s idea. It happens this afternoon on the house side, where they will be the first to really commit to what the president has asked for. This authority to train syrian vetted fighters. One question is how vetted are they . That would be a program that would take probably more than a year. And it would staff them, arm them, train them to do the work on the ground inside syria. Separate from that, fction, are