. >> we need to know whether we exhausted all doimentic and -- doiptic and economic options to effect syria's behaviour. we need to increase attention on the source of assad's ability to continue to ruthlessly kill his own people. and that is support from nations, including russia and shina. who are trying to hold the moral high ground. assad will not be able to maintain his grip on power if he were not being supported from outside. the full force of international outrage should come down on those nations that are refusing to allow the un to act and find a solution. finally, i see this potential bombing campaign as a potential next step towards full-fledged war. we have been here before. the iraq war began as an international effort to kick sus an out of cue -- sadam hussain out of kuwait. and years of airstrikes to stop him reconstit using an arsenal of chemical weapons. the this military action eventually led to what is one of the biggest blunders in us foreign policy, a wore i voted against -- a war i vated against. -- i voted against. many who voted for it regret it. america is we