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0 shouldnt that be a relevant consideration or does the president decide when we go to war. >> almost 70% of the american public is skeptical about going in. >> we dont matter. >> it was interesting today that eric cantor put out a press release that said this is all of. this is terrible. he himself wont say what is to be done. they know what the polls are. they using this as a cudgel against the president. >> yesterday, ben rhoades, number two or three in the national security staff, i dont kno...

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>> it was interesting today that eric cantor put out a press release that said this is all of. this is terrible. he himself wont say what is to be done. they know what the polls are. they using this as a cudgel against the president. >> yesterday, ben rhoades, number two or three in the national security staff, i dont know what he is, has a conference call and announces were going to an act of war against a government. while the president is doing lgbt events somewhere because he doesnt think it...

Once you start doing this and it doesnt work, john mccain goes back to the floor and says we want this. it doesnt work and you get more and more involved till final finally u.s. troops are confronting iranian proxies and it has the u.s. in a full war. >> jack kennedy said the same thing about vietnam. its like drinking, which i dont do anything. you do a little thing you have to have more for everything, more for effect. >> if there was a good rebel force, it would make a big difference. >> we h...

Go in. im with you we need to have a national debate and discuss these things. were reacting to a situation and not figuring out what is our long-term goal? what is it we want to do down the road? are we willing to invest in national treasure and american lives in directly or indirectly. >> rebuilding syria afterwards. >> if we had a draft in this country we wouldnt be talking about going to countries like this. any of those. maybe afghanistan because they hit us. but after that, its all wars of...

About going to countries like this. we wouldnt be talking to going to any of those. maybe afghanistan because they hit us. but after that, its all wars of option. >> its cost-free for the people making the case. >> army based on conscription, and the draft doesnt fight wars of option or choice. fights when it has to for national defense. i know im speaking about the american people here. robin, david, youre always great. have a nice fathers day, brother. >> same to you. coming up, remember whe...

What he is, has a conference call and announces were going to an act of war against the government while the president is doing lgbt events somewhere because he doesnt think its important enough to do it himself. this is weird. we used to have debate over war. we used to have votes on it using the constitution. now we let some staff guy announce on a conference call were committing an act of war. it is unusual, robin. i know youre an expert in the field of the middle east. but politically, this ...

0 ten years, four wars lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. let me get it started tonight with this. the united states is now committed to an act of war against the government of syria. okay. lets get the tally up to date. we attacked and went to war with afghanistan in 2001. we attacked and went to war with iraq in 2003. we helped to overthrow the of libya in 2011 and now targeting the government of syria. its an interesting pattern when you think about it. in ...

0 around for weeks saying do something, do something, we got to have a war, we have to do something. >> hes not the president. >> hes not the president. >> for a reason. >> the question is, they still cant get their stories straight on who the rebels are and whether they themselves are worth getting in bed with. >> call me old fashioned. shouldnt we have a debate and a declaration of war before we go into another war? this is the fourth in ten years. we know iran is coming. just a reasonable nat...

>> so what was the point of mccains surprise trip? and what should the united states do about syria and how do we want it to end up? richard engel is chief foreign correspondent for nbc news. robin wright is a distinguished scholar at the u.s. institute of peace. richard, thank you for joining us. i know we have a bit of a time delay. but tell me, what is mccain wanting to do? and what has he accomplished over the weekend? >> what i think he wants to do is he wants to put pressure on the white h...