in atlanta issued a statement saying "a punitive military response without a u.n. security council mandate or broad support from nato and the arab league would be illegal under international law and unlikely to alter the course of the war." two different presidents -- >> do you think president obama is sending him a thank you note? >> he's sending bush a thank you note, not jimmy carter necessarily. >> bush does what he always does, which is -- >> he's been very consistent, says nothing. >> stays out of it. i didn't like mr. assad, the president has a tough decision to make. and jimmy carter was jimmy carter. >> jimmy carter saying this could be a violation of international law, which is precisely what the president doesn't want to hear. >> the president was so careful when he spoke today. he said this threatens our national security interests by violating international norms. so he put it all into one big sentence. >> he keeps using the word