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The first iraq war, even in the second there was a considerably more tangible international support. there is just simply not much here. and the idea that we're going to enforce this everywhere. does this mean if russia decided to use chemical weapons against the chechnyans that we would intervene there against a nuclear power? i don't think so. so i think you've got to look at this realistically. and so far no clear mission. >> let me go to mr. deutsch on this. >> sure. >> second part on this because of the complicated nature of political compromise. because john mccain and alliance with lind...

And there is going to be a lot of debate, as you say. i bet there are 100 amendments on the floor of the house on the senate, and you see the same thing go on in the house. i don't think that resolution will ever be voted on in the house of representatives. >> let me go to congresswoman blackburn. by the way, thanks, congresswoman, for coming on. >> sure. >> i was stunned to see this new language. i don't know where you stand on this. it also plans for securing chemical, biological, and other weapon supplies. it puts the united states in the business of somebody on our behalf going in and look...

Times" columnist congressional reporter jeremy peters who is covering this debate. what are your feelings? you've got a mix of things going. i'm guessing as a democrat you're a loyalist to the president. but at the same time, other factors. what are the other factors in your thinking about this resolution that is coming to the house next week to authorize the president to go after assad? >> sure, chris, thank you. i continue to support the president. i have. and actually, i was the first member of the california delegation to endorse the president. and i certainly believe that he has moved cau...

To involve us in a deep conflict there. he is looking to endeavor a discreet mission here to make a very important point to knock out their capacities. but the danger is that a man of principle, and let's accept him as that, could get us into a situation with unintended consequences, no matter how tailored to use their word the instrument is. that's the fear at least among the democrats. >> let's go back to "hardball" here. been very ably brought out there by david axelrod. according to this whip, if a vote on the syria resolution were held today, 223 members of congress, far more than the 217...

I want to talk to david ignatius of "the washington post." david, how does the united states find morality in a struggle between these kinds of people, religiously driven people willing to do anything who have no sense of the geneva conventions obviously, which is an understatement. at the same time, you want to make a statement against chemical weapons being used how. do we go into this? the president suggests it will be surgical. he asks a 90-day resolution for a two-day war. i find that very inconsistent. is it a two-day war? is it a 90-day war? and secondly, how did this measure, which sup...