finally, that they go to the negotiating table and try to find a political resolution with nd alland all -- assad a other parties at the table. in order to find in ultimate, negotiated settlement, we must negotiate with the syrian government. the only way to do that is if all parties are at the table including russia and the united states, and they are enforcing this goal of a negotiated settlement resulting in a government that all parties can live with. assad signed the chemical weapons treaty ban. there is in agreement with him not to use chemical weapons. but we have learned is that were criminals not police each other's -- that war criminals do not police themselves well. areof these resolutions limitations on using force and not authorizations to use force. i do not intend to vote for anything that limits our ability to win the war against assad. -- thathink syria somehow you can send troops into that sovereign nation without having to have congress grant the president more authority there? don't you think you are in the minority view on that? >> we already have troops that are