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Andy, you have no problem with the pullout? well, i didn t think we should go in in the first place, brian. i have been for six years arguing that we shouldn t have intervened in syria, which is a conflict that pits one collection of america s enemies, that is iran, russia, backing assad s regime against three other sets of america s enemies al qaeda, the muslim brotherhood groups which we like to talk about as our moderate allies and isis which is just a break away faction of al qaeda. if we stay out, they are all fighting each other. we go in and we have gone in without having authorization to do half of the mission that we are in there for. and i m just i m baffled that a lot of my friends seem to think that the constitution is just a suggestion, that we can go into a country, occupy territory, conduct combat operations against that country, being syria and its allies there. and we don t have to have ....
Every morning, this is an entire different style of governing. serve making a big deal about the fact that the president wants mattis out of there sapp. there is a lesson, too. dealing with the commander-in-chief. the lesson is don t poke the bear. he read the letter and he said you know what? there is the door. lisa: has any president been covered like this before? before. griff: probably if you look back there was that iraq war we reached fevered pitch and obamacare we had fevered pitch. brian: under an attorney you are under no obligation to answer any questions. lisa: he didn t plead the fifth though. brian: i m con stracial strarkt turleyly obligated. jillian: i m here to accept that toss. lisa: without representation? jillian: you guys mentioned mattis. james mattis signed orders to pull all u.s. troops out of syria. that happened overnight ....
Black or white situation. i mean, listen, a lot of smart people have disagreements on this. but, i disagree strongly. i just, you know, having lost an uncle in vietnam, it changed my entire family s life forever. i wonder how much how many more gallons of blood and kids we are going to leave over there for a fight that s not black and white. isis will be replaced by aqap or al qaeda. it s always going to happen. brian: right. because they keep on trying. they are our enemy. we are not trying to help syria. we are trying to kill isis, al-shabaab. griff: merry christmas, dan. brian: talking about merry christmas at one point we will say that to you. jillian: merry christmas to you. we will keep saying it throughout the show. we are following this terrifying story from overseas. get you caught up on this. at least 281 people are dead and more than 1,000 hurt after a volcano triggers a tsunami off the coast of ....
More perilous. brian, what do you think would happen if they went to congress and asked for congressional authorization for the mission in syria? brian: they were talking in my ear. i missed that. what do you think would happen if i m fine with being there if we go to congress and get authorization for it. but i m asking what do you think would happen if they went to congress and looked for authorization? i think it would get voted down. the reason obama didn t go for it and the reason trump didn t go for it before he did the things he said obama needed authorization for is that the public has never wanted this mission. brian: andy, it s a tough thing, these are terror groups and not countries. i would say what we are doing in north africa is doing so much to keep us safe here. and that s what i think is. then go to congress and get authorization for it. brian: congress can t even agree on a wall or a fence or a drone. but, thank you, andy. i appreciate it. well, do you think ....
[sighs] adam: all along the coast rain here this morning. there are a couple of flurries back up across upstate new york and upstate michigan. a few places where snow is going to be in the forecast. rounds of the system rolling off stretching up into oregon and seattle. higher elevations that does become snow. we have winter storm watches and warnings stretching across that region all the way down into portions of central california. this is an area where there will be snow. most of the country and middle of the country it is going to be completely clear. if there is a little bit of a glass 4568 full travel. anyone doing travel it will be mostly okay. brian: 18 minutes now before the top of the hour. griff: 70s secretary mattis signing orders overnight to bring our troops home from syria. andy mccarthy says it s the right move. he will join us next. lisa: one military father gives his kids the ultimate christmas gift. [cheers] ....