this is, as you delineated, it is a clear break from the president on two major issues. one is he rights in his letter he does not agree with the way the president has treated allies and treated the whole concept of the alliance structure, which is a foundation of american security and strength since world war ii and he doesn t believe the president has been resolute and unambiguous in our approach to russia and china as well. so here you have secretary mattis saying the two pillars of american defense standing up to our adversaries and standing with friends, i don t think we re in alignment on that and therefore i can t serve as your secretary and the president agreed with that and fired him. so here we have one of the chief guard rails that are around this presidency now falling away and i think it is a very dangerous and precarious time. jeremy bash, i m so glad you we got you on the phone. very interesting and important construction really to how we should view this mattis
could cause problems in syria. the next step will be for the white house to release a classified document detailing what they say is evidence that the syrian regime is responsible for a devastating chemical weapons attack in syria last week. that would lay the groundwork for what would likely be a wave of cruise miss ill strikes fired from missile destroyers on stand by off the coast of syria. the administration is making the case that would give the president cover if he bypasses congress. national security is strengthened we hold accountable those who violate international for norms that is the foundation of american security. at the same time the white house is clear this is not about regime changes, period.