that. this is a hard choice. i don't think any of us relish making it. no use of force can ever be taken lightly but inaction here, i believe, will dramatically harm our national security by emboldening the vial syrian regime, its terrorist proxy and iranian patron. it's essential that the united states in an unequivocal message to assad and other brutal regimes around the world, especially iran, when the united states congress, when theemic destruction, then we mean it. i believe america's credibility is on the line in syria. we images of children, women, of families lying dead cruelly murdered by assad. this strike, if it is to occur, is about preventing atrocities now and in the future and continued use of chemical weapons in syria and preventing