united states not being drawn further into this conflict that involves russia and iran on the ground. we have heard that the administration has wanted a larger response to the attack last weekend than we saw in april 2017. april 2017 that was really meant to send a signal, send a message. look at the targets. they popped up on one syrian military air field. they popped it up, they hit some of the aircraft. it had an impact on the military but it was really short-lived. it was pretty cheap and pretty quick for them to rebuild that runway. they had other aircraft. and they were able to use russian military aircraft, frankly, to take over some of these operations. it did not have a long-term strategic impact on the ground in syria. so now that bashar al assad has used chemicals again killing more than 40 people reportedly from u.s. officials i've spoken