to order the strike that night. the middle of the night in syria, the attack began. two u.s. worship in the eastern mediterranean, launched the tomoahawk missiles. at 9:15 eastern time, the president s national team briefed him on the mission s results. we should emphasize, wolf, a targeted attack. one air base here to send a message effective of the use of particular of chemical weapon. it did not affect the syrian military capability to carry out war against its own people, keep in mind by conventional means. that s the primary means they have been using particularly with civilian casualties and
over. who s responsible for the deaths of more than 400,000 syrians, mostly civilians and a lot of children, elderly, who do you blame for those deaths over the past six wreyears? there are a number of ways that you can point the finger, wolf, i am interested in finding the solution. the solution is to end this counter productive war. the united states have been wagering along with allies like saudi arabia, cutter and turkey all seeking to overthrow the syrian government. we have been providing arms, fundings, salaries and support and intelligence and other types of both direct and in direct support to armed militants within syria who are working with al-qaeda, who are allied with terrorist groups like al-qaeda toward this is overthrowing of the syrian government, all in action resulted in more chaos and suffering for the syrian people
one of the big questions is how quickly they can come back together? they have to agree and pass a spending bill just to keep the government open. the biggest question becomes when will republicans have a piece of legislation? senator majority leader has made clear that s not an option. suzann collins gathered 60 signatures from her colleagues to make clear that isn t on the table. they re worried about that slippery slope. is there any sense that there will be legislation authorizing the use of military force in syria? there s no question there s a lot of talk. there s kind of an acceptance that it is congress s responsibility if there is an expansion in syria. you know president obama tried to get military force to go forward and it didn t work. several members of the house have tried. politically it s a difficult
some people suggests, inside of iraq of the coalition, international coalition led by the united states, that probably could mitigate of refugees into europe. i think europeans have a say in this. if this does not stop, the exited is going to continue. there are millions and millions of refugees. general jones, thank you for joining us. my pleasure. just ahead, more on the breaking news of coverage of president trump s military action in syria. would hillary clinton done the same thing if she were influence. and what kind of influence of bannon right now, critical moment of the trump s white house. is it a shape up in the works?
assets. still, vladimir putin, declared u.s. air strike is an act of aggression. syria which says nine people were killed in the strikes, claimed the u.s. had under mind the fight against terrorists. this u.s. aggression confirms the continuation of the flawed u.s. strategy and it underminds the process of combatting ter ri terrorism. the march to military action took little more than 48 hours. the planning begin tuesday, the day the world saw the first images of victims, many of them children of the chemical weapons attack. on thursday, before president trump sat down for dinner with the chinese president, he met with his team to discuss military actions, deciding then