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>> senator, in this case, it is very limited, number one, and number two, there were american interests on the ground, we have u.s. soldiers, special operation forces on the ground, very close to chemical weapons. if you're saying this action was illegal, then you must be thinking the libya action by president obama was illegal, the raid by president reagan was illegal. are you saying all those actions are illegal? >> chuck, i was a senate candidate in 2011 when president obama joined military action against libya for humanitarian purposes. and i said then, i agreed with the republicans in the...

There was no strategic thinking behind it and no big strategic shift. i do think one promising thing is we're never going to be in the business of regime change anytime soon. we should be in the business of defending some basic norms of civilization. 100 years ago, the u.s. entered world war i, thousands were gassed to death. we can be against gassing and so in that sense this action was a useful action and we should just be in the business of trying to make sure when people fight, they behave with some basic level of human decency. so we had a little thing in this, but i'm not sure a big shif...

This action. i know you have legal questions about it, but why do you support this action? >> chuck, as you know i'm a strong supporter that the u.s. should take action to protect humanitarian causes like the ban on chemical weapons. so i voted for a limited strike to do exactly the same thing. a limited strike for that purpose, for the humanitarian purpose is something that i would likely support if there was a plan. but where a -- i differ, you're not supposed to start war without a plan that is brought to you by congress. that makes us different from any nation in the world. the drafters of...

Approval. that's what they have to do. >> senator in this case it is very limited, and number two there was american interests on the ground, very close to chemical weapons. if you're saying this aex was illegal, then you must be thinking that the libya action was illegal -- >> chuck, i was a senate candidate in 2011 when president obama joined military action against libya. humanitarian purposes. i agreed with the republicans in the house that rebuked president obama and said he exceeded his authority because the u.s. was not under eminent threat. that is the only situation they can use artic...

Questions about it. i want to get to that right after that. but why do you support this action? >> chuck, as you know, i'm a strong supporter that the u.s. should take action to protect humanitarian causes like the ban on use of chemical weapons. and so i voted for a limited strike in august of 2013 to do exactly the same thing. and a limited strike for that purpose, for the humanitarian purpose is something i would likely support if there is a plan. but where i differ from this administration and i took the same position with respect to president obama, we are a nation where you're not suppos...