hesident obama has faced -- has faced a fractious congress for the entirety of his presidency, includingubstantial minority who would like to see him impeached our out of office -- or out of office. is a president who has been besieged by a do-nothing congress. he has done clever jujitsu politically, saying to congress, put up or shut up. host: trevor from new york city. talking about these calls from the u.k. -- don't you think the turnaround by president obama and asking for congressional approval is simply because dave cameron lifted the said, take my advice and have the people's input before doing anything? guest: absolutely. i was not inside the white house doubler -- to liberations -- deliberations, but i have no doubt that the vote in the house of commons was very influential , tohe president's decision a decision to ask the congress to provide him with that authority. is very much alone in this decision. the un security council, nato, the arab league is not with him. only the french internationally said they would support a unilateral strike. domestically, he was alone. he had no