turmoil. former cia director, john brennan weighed in on whether the president s troubles at home may have impacted the decision of when and how to strike syria. here its what he said a short time ago. i think the way that the strikes were carried out, was, was, i think consistent end with what the united states has tried to do in the past when dealing with difficult situations? one is that we didn t do it unilaterally. we did it with our closest allies. secondly, we were surgical in terms of the strikes. going after the fabrication, storage, as well as delivery mechanisms and airfield. so i think the way that was done. consistent with the way that the u.s. military tries to do in the situations. as far as whether or not things came too play. hope they didn t. i ve certainly don t know. there is good reason to try to deter, bashar al assad from carrying out chemical attacks. the types of strikes taken were appropriate. there are questions about the president s constitutional
counsel? good evening, brian. i think the way that the strikes were carried out was, i think, consistent with what the united states has tried to do in the past when dealing with such a difficult situation such as syria. one is that we didn t do it unilaterally. we did it with our closest allies and partners, france and the uk. secondly, we were very surgical in terms of the strikes, going after the fabrication facilities, storage as well as delivery mechanisms and airfields. so i think the way that was done was, again, consistent with what the u.s. military tries to do in these situations. as far as whether or not some of these other things came into play, i hope they didn t. i certainly don t know. there is good reason to be able to try to deter bashar al assad from continuing to carry out these chemical attacks. one could argue whether or not, you know, the types of strikes that were taken were appropriate. there are questionss about the president s constitutional
so what is it? was it a success or not? they struck the targets they were going after. we don t know whether there was syrian military killed or civilian casualties. we were told late last night in a briefing that there were no u.s. hits. so all u.s. aircraft returned back to their bases safely. so what they did not go after that would allow the syrian regime to continue to hit their own civilians with chemical weapons is the delivery mechanisms. april of 2017, we saw the u.s. strike a specific syrian military airfield and take out some aircraft and pock up the run way. that was meant to target their ability to deliver these weapons. we don t have a good sense yet how many of a chemical stock may have been impacted here. secretary mattis said this would
and how to impact syria. i think the way the strikes were carried out was i think consistent with what the united states is trying to do in the past. when dealing with a difficult situation. one is we didn t do itdo. we were very surgical in term of the strike. going after the facilities. storage as well as delivery mechanisms. way it was done is consistent with what the u.s. million tear tries to do. as far as whether or not other things came into play. i hope they didn t. i certainly don t know. there is good reason to deter bashaar al-assad from carrying out attacks. one can argue whether or not the strikes were appropriate. there are questions about the president s constitutional authority. i m sure he yoused his article two. this is different than the strikes that we have been taking inside of syria against
welcome back to continuing coverage of strikes in syria. overshadowing the military action, the president s turmoil over the russia investigation. court filings confirm that his long time attorney, michael cohen is under criminal investigation. former cia director, john brennan weighed in on whether the president s troubles at home may have impacted the decision of when and how to strike syria. here its what he said a short time ago. i think the way that the strikes were carried out, was, was, i think consistent end with what the united states has tried to do in the past when dealing with difficult situations? one is that we dent idn t do it unilaterally. secondly, very surgical in terms of the strike. going after the fabrication, storage, as well as delivery mechanisms and airfield.