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Happened in kosovo, when president clinton akd without congressional authority. president reagan acted without authority. when they believed our national security interests were at stake. that's what we have here. i think the more people look at the evidence, consider what it is, and consider the gravity of this event if it happens again and again, i think they'll come to the right conclusion. i think when that happens, we'll have a stronger national security foundation in the middle east. >> ten seconds, really quickly, last question, senator. was it a mistake for the president to go to congr...

Side. here it is. >> i wish he was more after commander-in-chief than community organizer. >> what does that mean? >> what i mean by that, is he was commander-in-chief for one year he said the red line was there and then, red line is cross and he sends kerry and hagel out to have an attack. >> how would you characterize how the white house handled this so far. >> confused. and maybe a reflection of how the president himself is confused. >> what do you mean? >> well everything was lined up for a strike. kerry gives the speech about moral obscenity. then the president says he is going to congres...

Ingredients to make chemical weapons since the early '90s. kerry also today, senator kerry also today -- excuse me, secretary kerry also today said assad used chemical weapons at least 11 times before august 1st. why is now the time to act, senator? how is syria a threat to our national security at this precise moment? >> well, first of all, craig, i think it shows a pattern that he's used it, but in very, very limited circumstance. this was an indiscriminate use. almost 1,500 people were killed and over 400 children. the message we've got to send to him is, when you contemplate this decision ...

And then we can move on to diplomatic measures and political pressure. >> senator, you can see a military strike in syria would do nothing to change the calculation on the ground. and it would perhaps do very little to actually punish president assad, the strike itself would be meant to send a message to iran, to send a message to north korea? >> well, it may impact what happens on the ground. but i think the most important message we've got to send is, you cannot impunity. if you do it, you'll pay a price. that's a very important message for the iranian regime as well. i don't hear many peopl...

But mr. romney has a new excuse as to why he has only released a couple of years' worth of returns. mr. romney now says there's precedent for only releasing a couple of years' worth of tax returns. there's precedent, he says, on the democratic side. >> why not release your tax returns? why not go back ten years? >> well, we've had people run for president before, and they've released two years. john kerry released two years of taxes. john mccain released two years of taxes. i've released one already, put the estimate out for the next year. we'll have two years of taxes. >> we'll have two years...