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joining me now is senior fellow at the senter for american progress lawrence corb and michael o'hanlon, director of research at brookings institution. michael, you first what if president obama starts hitting syria, does that cause any kind of constitutional problem? that the proper response? your thoughts. >> i think a syria strategy and congressman was right, we have some elements of a strategy here, in some way he understated the agreement to which he had, the beginnings of one. but also for congress to approve the half billion dollars that the president requested back in june forearming and training the syrian opposition. i support that request and if you combine that with american air power, you have the beginnings of a potentially effective military response. it's going to take a while in syria. whether or not congress votes directly on authorizing any military action in syria, i think if that aid were presented or testified to as part of an overall package that includes the possible use of american air power as well, congress will have its say in approving the money and that's g

we'll speak with ambassador bill richardson and michael o'hanlon about what has happened what, the strategy be, and what america can and cannot do. plus, the president headed headd overseas for a meeting with top leaders the priority, what to do with russia and ukraine, and the ukrainian defense minister warns of a war that could kill tens of thousands. let's get to it. >> good tuesday afternoon to you and yours, and first from the fox news deck this afternoon. islamic state terrorists have apparently chopped off the

joining me now is michael o'hanlon who specializes in national security and defense policy for the brookings institution. michael, there is this focus from the president when he does talk about isis or isil as the administration calls it on the need to base any response in good governance in iraq. i think that has confounded a lot of people. i want to read you something that tom freedman wrote in "the new york times" today that captured the complexity of the situation and get your response. he wrote this, he wrote isis emerged as an extreme expression of resentment by one side. iraqi and syrian sunnis who felt cut out of power and resources by the pro-iranian shiite regime in baghdad. that is why obama keeps insisting america's military intervention must be accompanied for starters by iraqis producing a national unity government of main stren shiites, sunnis, and kurds so our use of force support pluralism and power sharing, not just shiite power. do you concur with that conclusion? >> generally, yes. though it's worth underscoring isis and it's pre -- this was out of the legacy of saddam hu

are three georgetown people on the panel and if i can arrange for an honorary doctorate from michael o'hanlon, we can make a sweep. [laughter] challenges in addressing word toi use the feeding some time but i don't think we will see that for a while -- containing and ultimately defeating isis will require short and long-term sponsors. i will probably talking about the short-term but i will eventually talk about the long-term. people of in talking about that for the last 25 years. for a bright of reasons, they don't get addressed. al-assad on aar military response to democratization, the arab spring. with the slaughter of syrian opposition groups, heightened sectarian divisions. as well as christian. reluctancety of the tothe u.s. and the eu respond early on with significant assistance to the moderate syrian opposition forces and the opposition's failure to unite to work effectively together enhance the ability of foreign jihadist. in iraq, l maliki installing the shia government increased an already polarized situation and sectarian violence that would nnislt in an alienated su welcoming isis