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Similar story taken by the abc news organization, which says again, a majority of house of representatives are against the resolution. that's enough to beat it. if you look at the polls, it's hardly surprise the house is crooning toward a no vote. the polls taken in the last week show public opposition to air strikes in syria. a pew poll released a few days ago has opposition at 48% which is far greater than the percentage that support the option. it and that's eight points higher than those who support it. it's 60% against strikes in the most recent "washington post"/abc poll. again, david, d...

It feels like this mission creep. when we went into iraq, we thought we were going to be there 60 days. rumsfeld assured us that we would be out, and that people would be there with flowers to put the on the ends of our rifles. and lo and behold, ten years later, we're still struggling. well, that's what you feel as you sit listening to this and watching them start out with a very narrow, confined, we want to send them a message. you cannot use this kind of weapon. but now it looks like we're trying to figure out how we can extend that and help the rebels and decide who is going in next. and i...

Number one, they think that the mission has not been clearly defined by the president. and then the resolution that came from the senate and the findings section that you just referenced in section 5 where it references changing the momentum, that causes questions there also. you know, who are we trying to change the momentum toward? what is it that we are seeking to be the exit? every military plan, every battle plan should have a clearly defined mission and execution and a strategy. and the problem is the president has not come forward in a leadership role. he has tried to pivot on just abou...

It says the provisional all forms of assistance of the syrian political opposition. this is like a gulf of tonkin thing thrown in here. we're taking sides as an act of belligerence in that civil war over there. i was struck by it. congressman? >> so were we. when i read that last night, i thought wow. this has gone much further than i had thought the senate resolution would go. which was trying to define a narrow mission. and suddenly we had section 5 put in, which seemed very reminiscent to me of the resolution we worked on in 2002 going into the war on terror. i was very -- i was made very u...

His resolution. as we showed you earlier, the latest whip count from "the washington post" has 223 members in the no category, or leaning no. only 25 are for the resolution. we have two members of congress now from different catches joining us to debate the issue. u.s. congressman tom cole is a republican from oklahoma. he will vote no. u.s. congressman ted deutch is a congressman from florida who will vote yes. i want to start with mr. cal. were you for the iraq war? i'm trying to find some consistency here. were you a hawk for the war in iraq and now a dove? is there any consistency there? >...