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When i joined other voices on the committee and the senate and beyond, that advocated that at that time when assad was on the ropes the united states should identify moderate elements and equip them so they became the predominant rebel fort in -- force in syria. that didn't happen. the choice was made to lead from behind to watch as these thing up foldful. others advocated we should mind our own business and what we're seeing now here is a proof that when america ignores these problems, they don't ignore us. they grow and come to visit us at our doorstep and now we're faced with what we have. ...

That was of course president obama earlier today moments before addressing members of congress in a closed door meeting on syria. while congress has spent much of its time battling the president's agenda, they now face the ultimate decision of involving the united states in a war. not surprisingly, there are divisions, infighting and political land mines everywhere you turn. while the president has typically enjoyed a unified caucus of democrats to support his agenda, he facing a daunting that military action is our only option. according to a whip list, only nine democrats, nine out of 435 op...

Strike, but only one. for example, you have people, respected republicans like mccain and lindsey graham out there getting the president sort of tied in today with the idea, well, we'll support you, they said on sunday, but this means you got to help was the rebels too. in other words, it's like chinese handcuffs. the president says i'll do this. next thing he is committing himself to helping the rebels more than he is. isn't he being dragged into the war by the hawks, by supporting them? >> both presidents reagan and clinton used strategic strikes. they knew that they had the ability and they...

In place can remain in place and when you ask us to strike, we will make those strikes effective. in other sessions in the principles committee, not with the president, the president we talked about some targets being more accessible than before, but to your question, there are in fact -- >> we're trying to get a take on why the wait and delay is helping the cause to eventually attack or go after president assad. rebecca, i would imagine also strengthens a legal case, then they would have waited on approval, would have had more information, they get all the proverbial ducks in order. >> absolu...

Haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. well, the situation in syria is not just a political and military crisis, it's a growing human tragedy as well. catch this. the u.n. reports the number of syrians forced to seek shelter outside the country since the war began in march of 2011 has just passed the two million person mark. and that was today. two million people displaced. almost all the refugees have gone to neighboring countries -- lebanon, jordan, turkey, egypt, and iraq. and the pictures are from a refugee camp in jordan, which h...