has been the last several months during the end of the obama administration you saw this rise, and the military commanders have been advising him, donald trump is a pragmatic guy. not an ideologue and he brought the case to him. looks, a problem we need to deal with. >> he did say throughout the campaign he would take on isis. distinctly not bashar al assad, and that's something he has done in ten days. in that sense where does that fit in to the strategy here? during the campaign he intimated it would be counterproductive? >> i adegree wire glee -- agree. the attack on the syrian air base was less about getting involved in syria and more about maintaining international norms when it comes to not using chemical weapons. whether nikki haley or the defense department, whoever, coming to the president saying, mr. president, we have to redraw this red line.