. >> all right, well i do want to read you something that the democratic congressman john larson from connecticut posted on his website yesterday. he said this, "as president obama's administration weighs several options, congress should be fully engaged, rather than remaining at home second-guessing and criticizing the president's every move, congress should be back in washington and fully briefed. it remains unclear with regard to strikes in syria where the president needs congressional authority. it is congress's duty to weigh in and clarify as this serious situation continues to evolve." so again, i ask you -- >> well -- >> go ahead. >> well first i would say, yes, the president needs to lay out the strategy, the objective. this has been a bloody battle. isil is not going to be contained. they need to be defeated. who is going to be in there with us? we've got the kurds. natural allies, who would be very helpful in stamping out this cancer, but what is our objective? is it to just contain them, is it to defeat them, and i think once the president lays out his case, and he's weighi