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Should attack syria now let s call a cease-fire. we both agree that today s developments with russia is a gre great development. we also agree that the president has a big mountain to climb. look at these polls showing overwhelming public support just before the iraq war and afghan war. this is one of the most tumultuous periods of change. the last 48 hours, so many things are happening. it will be interesting to see what his speech is like tomorrow night because it s in a very different setting than anyone expected tomorrhis morning. those poll numbers are not reflective of where the american public is. this is a war-weary nation. they were duped into war for ....
Does it pass or not? well, i don t know. let s see what the president says. i can tell you that i have not heard one constituent in my district that has told me that they want me to support giving the president the authority to intervene militarily. bill: not one? not one. bill: that is central ohio, right? that southeastern ohio. bill: how many people would that be, would you guess. i probably talked to several hundred people throughout the district. we ve been on the road for the last two weeks but this has been at the forefront of everybody s mind for the last week. bill: what did they tell you? why are they no going after syria right now? well, there are many, many different reasons. one, we re a war-weary nation. number two, there is a lack of trust in this administration s ability to carry out this operation and i want to tell you i share some of those concerns. we ve got a history in america of when bureaucrats and politicians in washington try to ....
Swift and certain. you lost credibility when you led americans on the roof top in benghazi to go to your las vegas fund-raiser. that was a clear signal to the world that it s open season on americans. even including an ambassador. by the way, whatever happened to we are going to bring them to justice? it s been a year. where is the justice? now you want to hide behind congress. blame them for your inaction. maybe you will go in anyway? what s that all about. it s amateur hour in washington. american lives weigh in the balance. we are a war-weary nation. even you admit that. we are tired of filling the blood of young american men and women in a part of the world that despises us. to add insult to injury, you ....
Of the decision making going on in syria because they know some of the answers to your questions. members of congress who saw the classified evidence still came out skeptical. but they hadn t yet released declassified videos. i want to add one more thing before we lose time. a war-weary nation is one thing. but america also does not like be tagged a weak nation. so i think some of this will get framed around american credibility, which may not have as much drive overseas but still resonates here. the second is, this politics stuff at the water s edge. we remember that question and do we rally around presidents and countries when there is a big issue? one thing, this weak nation is actually one of the themes that comes out of the media that we ve seen in the middle east. here s one quote from a paper we ve got from ba shash al ....
Presented to suggest that we have a strategy, a plan or a way to deter the assad regime. that s why this is so damning. and it s the same voice on the nsa saying we need to stop this, and the country saying no. that was a precursor for what we have now. the country s attitude is we re not being told the truth and we re not buying this. we re not going to be able to see it, but john mccain, the leading advocate of strong military action in syria, he got an earful at a town meeting the other night. people who normally support mccain is unloading on him, and they re unloading on all these politicians for the same thing. a sign of a very war-weary nation. gentlemen, thank you. you can get more of the political insiders every monday at 10:30 a.m. live on ....