Chris Murphy actually said...

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

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

I feel the same cycle playing out again in which the crutch of the American military... is just sort of lulling them into a sense of politic...

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