ISIS HAS GOT TO BE DEFEATED.
BUT I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE 
UNITED STATES GET SUCKED INTO 
PERPETUAL WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST, SEE OUR MEN AND WOMEN GET 
KILLED, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
BEING SPENT.
WE'VE BEEN IN AFGHANISTAN NOW 
FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN IN IRAQ FOR A VERY 
LONG TIME.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE US DRAGGED 
INTO ANOTHER WAR IN SYRIA, WHEN 
KIDS IN THIS COUNTRY CANNOT 
AFFORD TO GO TO COLLEGE, WHEN 
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS 
COLLAPSING, WHEN 28 MILLION 
AMERICANS HAVE NO HEALTH 
INSURANCE.
WE HAVE GOT TO START PAYING 
ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS BACK 
HOME, WORK WITH ALLIES IN THE 
REGION.
THE WAR IN IRAQ WAS THE WORST 
BLUNDER IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF
THIS COUNTRY.
PRECIPITATED MASS INSTABILITY.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE
MISTAKES.
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE 
GOT TO WORK WITH US TO ADDRESS 
THOSE CRISES.
>> SENATOR, ARAB LEADERS AND 
FORMER OWBOBAMA ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICIALS APPLAUDED THE STRIKE 
BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAINST 
ASSAD'S FORCES.
THEY SAID IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT 
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, A WAY TO 
SEND A SIGNAL TO HIM THAT WHAT 
HIS BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE, 
WHILE NOT GETTING THE U.S. 
INVOLVED IN A QUAGMIRE SO I'M 
NOT SURE WHY YOU OPPOSED THE 
STRIKE.
CAN YOU HELP CLEAR IT UP FOR US?
>> LISTEN, IT'S NOT A QUESTION 
OF ONE STRIKE OR ONE BIG BOMB IN
AFGHANISTAN.
WHAT YOU NEED IS A STRATEGY, AND
THAT STRATEGY HAS GOT TO DEMAND 
THAT RUSSIA, WHICH SUPPLIES AN 
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF VERY 
SOPHISTICATED WEAPONRY TO ASSAD 
STOP WHAT IT'S DOING.
THIS WILL REQUIRE INTENSIVE 
NEGOTIATIONS, TO TELL RUSSIA 
THEY CANNOT SUPPORT A DICTATOR 
WHO IS DESTROYING HIS ENTIRE 
COUNTRY.
