Chris Murphy actually said...

We have signaled in so many different ways that we are no longer interested in being in the lead with respect to the political and economic ...

I think some of us can do a better job of trying to marry together those concerns.

I just do not think it is credible to suggest that our seat at the table right now comes through any means other than our military presence.

I would argue that you are operating under a flawed premise, which is that there is any future for Syria that does not involve a substantial...