why would you do this? maybe i'm not that bright but why would you do this? aside from that, we are still going to retaliate. the reason why we are going to retaliate is because assad is like o.j. simpson. o.j. didn't get found guilty of his real crimes of killing nicole and ron brady was found guilty of a later charge for armed robbery and kidnapping. the fact is assad has done enough bad stuff that if he didn't do this, so what. >> dana: perhaps assad says the benefit of victory outweighs -- >> jesse: he is on his heels. i don't believe he would do this without russia's knowledge. they are the sponsor and puppet master. trump was handed a mess in syria. that's not my comment. that's obama's national security council spokesman who said that himself the other day. here's why.