indiscriminate firing, burning of houses, the market, and scores of people. over and above that, month over 100 people, including 7 children according to the u.n., killed in this massacre. scores of people fleeing to neighboring villages, according to the head of the red cross there. and many, many injured. three days of national mourning declared by the president, as you said. and they vowed to go after this group, though no one has claimed responsibility. it is an area where an al qaeda affiliated group as well as an isis affiliated group operate with near impunity. it s the latest attack on the civilian population of that border region, though an attack on a terrible scale. you say i mean, no one s claimed responsibility, so is there any word of a possible motive for the attack?
is, again, we are being talked about again in the armed forces, we are really winning. we know how to win. but we have to let you win. we weren t letting you win before. we were letting you play even. we are letting you win. chuck, your reaction what we are hearing from the commander-in-chief? looks like he was reading some talking points there. this is one of his talking points is that i m going to unleash the military and change all these rules of engagement that allegedly had in the obama administration were restraining the u.s. military s ability to knock out to be isis. the truth of the matter is that isis has been deprived of almost all of its territory in iraq and syria and has seemed to be driven out of the presence it had out of those areas that made it seem like almost a state within the state. having said that, it seems like on the other big issue of whether bashar al-assad remains in power in syria, he s preparing to capitulate on that. he s essentially allowing russia
about again in the armed forces, we are really winning. we know how to win. but we have to let you win. we weren t letting you win before. we were letting you play even. we are letting you win. chuck, your reaction what we are hearing from the commander-in-chief? looks like he was reading some talking points there. this is one of his talking points is that i m going to unleash the military and change all these rules of engagement that allegedly had in the obama administration were restraining the u.s. military s ability to knock out to be isis. the truth of the matter is that isis has been deprived of almost all of its territory in iraq and syria and has seemed to be driven out of the presence it had out of those areas that made it seem like almost a state within the state. having said that, it seems like on the other big issue of whether bashar al-assad remains in power in syria, he s preparing to capitulate on that. he s essentially allowing russia
and iran to win that war on behalf of their ally in that region. and the withdrawal of support from the kurds who had helped us liquidate isis is really significant in that regard. it does show what a different kind of republican politics this is from what we had under george w. bush. and donald trump was a dissenter from the iraq war and he s following up from that. next, let me give you a chance for a big word? the thing with al-assad, that red line that al-assad needs to go. trump has not been saying that at all. everybody said putman is now starting things in syria. another key point in the white house statement that they put out on the erdogan call earlier is because we beat isis in raqqa. let s switch gears, what s going on in this building when lawmakers come back next week. tax reform, president trump has a meeting with the big four
and iran to win that war on behalf of their ally in that region. and the withdrawal of support from the kurds who had helped us liquidate isis is really significant in that regard. it does show what a different kind of republican politics this is from what we had under george w. bush. and donald trump was a dissenter from the iraq war and he s following up from that. next, let me give you a chance for a big word? the thing with al-assad, that red line that al-assad needs to go. trump has not been saying that at all. everybody said putman is now starting things in syria. another key point in the white house statement that they put out on the erdogan call earlier is because we beat isis in raqqa. let s switch gears, what s going on in this building when lawmakers come back next week. tax reform, president trump has a meeting with the big four