time i go there is, there is a part of the country where the u.s. has succeeded in working with allies to stabilize things. people are beginning to put their homes back together, getting electricity working again. bailing out of that, as president trump seemed to want to do, two weeks ago, i thought would be a really bad idea. and the one shred of good policy that i take away from that, from what s just happened, is i think that s less likely. i think that through the course of the bombings, to enforce the norm against chemical weapons, the president also has understood, this is not the time to be pulling troops out willy-nilly. we ve got to stay the course a little longer. and all the things that come from a strong and reliable u.s. as leader of a global system, there are so many benefits that accrue from that. but take europe as the
suit for the united states. and patience is what s required in syria. a willingness to stay committed, to use american power, not necessarily to try to take damascus, but to work with our allies in that country, to check russian ambition. but how vital is it, david, to stay involved? because i saw conservatives and liberals asking, what is the vital american interest there? so, the way i would put it, joe, is, we saw the product of destabilization, of millions of syrians streaming out of the country, heading the toward europe and the effect on european countries, europe went through a panic about refugees and migrants. it affected european elections. it affected brexit. all of europe, really, was destabilized by a war that the united states and its allies couldn t seem to cope with. so my feeling about syria every
issues. keep us here over the weekend. i understand the senate might have to cancel tee times. i can t think of anything more important than considering the use of military force putting the lives of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marine in the process. bill: a quote from mattis. he says how do you keep this from escalating out of control if you get my drift on that? end quote. that means iran, that means israel, that means russia. you know the stakes here. absolutely. i would say we ve done nothing and it has drifted out of control. that s the argument the previous administration made. the results are sub optimal. one we have genocide, 500,000 people dead. we have the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. we a terror state carved in the heart of the middle east. 6,000 had european passports. i merely bring it up to say there are costs to inaction as well.
u.s. stricter privacy laws are coming in a big way from europe and these companies will have to pay attention to it. google, facebook, all these companies that mine your data and sell it. the most interesting thing i thought from listening to the interviews the congressman did with facebook. we re here to connect people. the people they are connecting. we re connecting advertisers to facebook. that s their role. that s okay. we re happy for companies to have business models but i thought it was disingenuous of him to say it that way. sandra: we ll all question the ads that pop up targeting anything we said or looked for while browsing around in facebook. we ll see wow, they have our eye on it. one question people had today given the news, is the company making it so hard to change your settings and the reason why nobody is doing it? company has come in and on their own starting to kill off the third party apps if you haven t used them.
meghan mccain. you think kim jong-un is less moral than trump? aiding and abetting of assad right now, chemical gassing of children. last time i checked america isn t doing that to anyone. if you think kim jong-un assad and vladimir putin are like trump you lose me in every way. that s a portion of it. it went on for some time. what a suggestion. meghan mccain our former colleague. sandra: she gave behar to step back and pull it back. she did not decide to. all right. a dramatic encounter caught on tape. how the officer s quick thinking helped save the life of a man who set himself on fire. bill: wow. the stakes are high, the world knows it. president trump considering military action against syria and the assad government. congressman and u.s. marine mike gallagher on the president s next move next. i ve seen refugees from asia