SEN. TED CRUZ: This has been an imperial presidency. It has been a lawless presidency. You look at what’s going on in Syria. Right now, in the UK, they’re having an emergency session of parliament to consider Syria. In Israel the Knesset is considering an emergency session and yet President Obama apparently wants to go to the UN but can’t be bothered to go to United States Congress or the American people and make the case.

Look, you know, the authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president. And, you know, I thought it was striking, actually, a comment Dennis Kucinich made of all people that I agreed with. He said, “I wonder if President Obama realizes that he is acting as Al-Qaeda’s air force right now.” You know, the idea that we would be arming rebels, many of which are affiliated with Al-Qaeda — of the nine rebel groups, up to seven of them may have affiliations with Al-Qaeda — doesn’t make any sense.