congress at cpap, when he says i am going to obliterate isis literally, when he says i'm going to wipe the islamic state off the face of the earth, it's not empty rhetoric. if you read the memoirs of secretary gates, of secretary panetta, it's stunning. obama's own principles talk about nsc meetings that last for three to four hours with nobody taking a decision. that was the last eight years. that was the reality of the red lines. along comes president trump, that's gone. we have a threat, we promise to deal with it, and were dealing with it right now. >> eric: doctor, talk about this in moab, the big bomb they drop today. was that on isis? i understand it was on isis but was directed towards isis and with that directed towards north korea or directed towards iran? >> let's look at last week. the cruise missile attack on the airbase in syria wasn't just about sending message about