It is unusual for us to go to war with only one ally alongside us but this is a war that the United States and Israel have launched together. In every previous war of any significance in the Middle East and elsewhere we've had dozens of allies in the fight alongside us and often either congressional explicit authorization, UN authorization or both. As I said at the beginning, this isn't how a democracy is supposed to go to war. Senator Chris Coons thank you for joining us on this historic morning. (09:36–09:51)
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