we'll have a hearing with chuck hagel and martin dempsey and there's some questions. >> senator you have lindseyg out saying it's a fantasy to not think there aren't going to be boots on the ground. and some people already saying americans are already on the ground over there. can you tell the people of maine and the people of america as you sit on the armed services committee this is not going to devolve into a ground war in syria? >> well, there are going to be boots on the ground. the question is whose are they? i don't think they are going to be american. i think the president, the congress, the public -- >> you say you don't think there is. is it possible there will be american boots on the ground? >> whatever you'll see congress pass there will be serious limitations. the real question -- you know, we got the iraqi army and the kurdish army. the real question about whose boots will be on the ground are in syria and whether this effort to train the vetted opposition is going to be sufficient or, you know, how is that going to work? i do think graham is right we shouldn't be kidding the amer