Actually I'm very sympathetic to Michael's point of view about that you have to fight a war and you got to be either in or out and you can't throw your pinch (ph) on elections. But John, we've learned in Vietnam, we learned in Iraq, you have got to have the country behind you as commander in chief when you put a lot of Americans in harm's way.
David Gergen emphasizes the importance of public support for military actions based on historical lessons.
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President of United States has not had a security briefing, or security briefing since October 2nd. I've never heard of any president, under any circumstances, come anywhere close to that, and been so derelict of the duty.
If he comes out and throws cold water on this, then I don't think it goes anywhere.
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