government in damascus. this is a chance for assad to kind of recalculate and make his own assessment about what is in the best interest of his clan, his family, the minority group in syria and also his country. we ll see, one thing for sure is he s been put on notice, if he uses chemical weapons again it will be the end of his regime. do you have a feeling that this moment has created an opportunity for clarity, so much criticism of the syrian war has been the dithering, lack of a focus of what the nca really is, is there a moment here for the united states to say we can do more to pursue an end state that we really like, or is this a one strike that the warning in hopes that it doesn t lead to war? there is surely the possibility that something good can come out of this, but once again we know all too little about what donald trump s pivot here means.
as we have been reporting, president trump surprising the world ordering missile strikes against the airbase near damascus. the horrible chemical attack that killed nearly 100 people, especially babies. that prompted president trump to respond. militarily, what does this mean? this echoes that reagan administration? it does. how do our opponents react? we saw breaking news at the russians are looking to d conflict over syria. that s where the diplomats come out after strong decisive action. hopefully an opportunity but history also shows that that could lead to additional conflict as well.
russia has backed him continually in the security council. once again we have to look at the broader picture. the goal of president trump s regime is to defeat isis, that s the number one goal, the threat that he sees to the united states into american national security. for that purpose, you need to have a somewhat stable government in damascus. the issue that the trump administration is going to be looking at is can someone else lead that regime? can you get a substitute figure? if not, bashar al-assad must stay in order to discuss the diplomacy. we haven t been able to have a successful talk in part because many of the rebel groups have been invited to show up to the table won t sit down with any
president trump finding and launching at least 60 60 tomahk missiles in syria. targeting and airbase locate located, targeting the bases airstrips, hangers, control tower and ammunition areas. condemning the strike, saying it had caused significant damage to the u.s.-russia relationship. good morning, you are watching a special 4:00 edition of fox & friends first. president trump launching those missiles in response to the deadly chemical weapon attack that killed dozens of civilians. the first direct assault on damascus government since the war in 2011. on tuesday, syrian dictator bashar al-assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians.
standing firm right now behind president trump s decision. the very latest on israeli reaction. it s the friday before passover, people are waking up to the news about the strike on that syrian air base, and overall the israeli reaction is in support of president trump s decision. israeli prime minister said that he fully supports president trump s decision, in fact his office released a statement earlier this morning reading in both word and action, president trump sends a strong and clear message today of the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated. israel fully supports president trump s decision in hopes that this message of resolve in the face of the assad regime s horrific actions will resonate not only in damascus, but into ron and elsewhere.