new international groupings, that we could lead? i'm listening to our political leaders that have the range from interventionists to isolationists. i think this is a moment, if this debate is going to happen between the executive and the legislative branches, to come to grips, what are we going to be in the 21st century, what is america's role. as a military man, that impacts directly our military. we've just come out of two wars. you know, we've been tasked to rebuild societies that are still in the 9th or 18th century in our image. we're suffering through sequestering. we're getting new missions, pivoting in the pacific and everything else. our military wants to know, what do you want us to be, and will you give us the capability to be that? >> chris, you think launching military operations against syria would be reckless and counterproductive for the united states. why? >> because i think the military mission has not been very well articulated, and the leading advocates for intervention, the