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As the president continues to drum up support for military action against syria. an unlikely group is taking a stand against him. one of the largest campaigns on behalf of the military veterans and their families has started a petition urging congress to vote against syrian intervention, their reasoning, they don't believe a missile strike would do anything to rid syria of chemical weapons. when a group whose soul purpose is looking out for the military and loved ones and defended president obama in the past comes out against military action, what does that mean for the white house? here to fi...

Off to a journal in new england where henry cabot lodge who had not run for office was one of the editors there. so they encountered each other and little did they know they would square off against each other a generation later. >> and that would define the debate he had with congress over the role of the united states in trying to have international agreements. i want to read more one thing, seldom had the american body of politics been so frachios. some so opposed to the president they game known as the ir reir irreconciliable is. >> henry cabot lodge until wilson arrived in washington in 1...

War with the united states over this. particularly given that our goal here is to make sure the chemical weapons are not used on children. >> we are lucky to have three star admiral and congressman joe sestak with us today. as a former congressman, right out of the gates, if you were in congress today, how would you be preparing to vote on an authorization of force? >> i would support the president. i think the president was fairly inartful in how he drew the red line, that if the syrian government used chemical weapons we would act, but the president of the united states, maybe not down in wa...

Considering it is because of a threat of an american strike. >> it is only because of the threat of force that we are discussing today and that threat is more compelling if congress stands with the commander in chief. >> the president believes we need to keep this threat, this reality absolutely on the table. >> with the white house still pursuing authorization for the use of force to keep the pressure on, congress is scrambling to draft an alternative after the senate delayed tomorrow's key vote on the use of force. we start at the center of the action, the white house with nbc's peter alexan...

That's merrill edge and bank of america. he's been called too academic to relate to the average american. he led america through a war to end all wars and instituted the kind of lasting progressive policy changes that should make him a watermark on u.s. history. instead he's seen by many as a failure. does this sound familiar? 100 years ago it was woodrow wilson and our next guest writes that he was the most misunderstood president ever to take the office and a man the current president in congress could learn from, dealing with syria, the international community or relating with each other....