Chris Murphy actually said...

We have to deal with the root causes, but we also have to deal with the humanitarian crisis and help save lives.

I sort of still feel like there is this leftover hubris in which we think that we are the most important player in the region.

I still am not clear whether we are pressing the right levers internally to get the kind of political reconciliation necessary.

Our effectiveness in combating the ISIL threat cannot be measured solely by the number of sorties flown.