Casualties. There has, in fact, been a surge in reported civilian casualties in the u. S. Air campaign against the socalled islamic state. And under trump, a massive increase in u. S. Drone strikes, more broadly, almost one every two days according to the council on u. S. Foreign relations. Today, tragically, marked the third time this month a u. S. Led air strike may have killed civilians or even our allies, with 18 syrian fighters alied with the u. S. Killed in a Coalition Air strike in syria. The pentagon blamed partner forces. That news comes on the heels of last weeks air strike in syria and now today the decision to launch the mother of all bombs. And we are just 84 days into the Trump Administration. Im joined by Steve Schmidt larry corb. Larry, im going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. He claimed during the came papa
that you knew more about the generals, that he was smarter about isis, now hes in office hes outsource
casualties. there has, in fact, been a surge in reported civilian casualties in the u.s. air campaign against the so-called islamic state. and under trump, a massive increase in u.s. drone strikes, more broadly, almost one every two days according to the council on u.s. foreign relations. today, tragically, marked the third time this month a u.s.-led air strike may have killed civilians or even our allies, with 18 syrian fighters alied with the u.s. killed in a coalition air strike in syria. the pentagon blamed partner forces. that news comes on the heels of last week s air strike in syria and now today the decision to launch the mother of all bombs. and we are just 84 days into the trump administration. i m joined by steve schmidt larry corb. larry, i m going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. he claimed during the came papa
out seoul and 20 million people who live in seoul. and if it became a nuclear war, which is likely, millions of lives would be lost. and that s the reason we haven t pulled the trigger. the fact is we ve used both containment and deterrence as a princil licy here. i think frankly in the end, that s what we re left with whether we like it or not. and frankly it was containment and deterrence that ultimately resulted in the soviet union self-destru self-destructing. larry, you worked in the reagan administration. that was reagan s doctrine, containment. can donald trump successfully maintain this hyperaggressive posture against north korea and this red line against isis at the same time? you hope so because they are totally different. north korea as secretary panetta said, they have artillery 20 to 30 miles from seoul, and they could literally, you know, with these thousands of artillery strikes wipe out 20 million people. that s without even using their
very clear that he was going to step up militarily the pressure against isis, and isis is a deadly foe, dangerous. there s no room for negotiation here. they need to be destroyed, and i think you see an increasing tempo of strikes in order to do that. it s interesting you mentioned a red line because it seems that the administration was trying to establish two red lines at once. we have the one to steve s point, larry, against isis. but then you have this second one against north korea, which we know is going to apparently do some sort of demonstration against themselves. this is leon panetta on hardball, talking about the seeming other kind of threat that donald trump is sort of vaguely making that if china can t handle north korea, we would somehow do it. this is leon panetta earlier tonight. the fact is we re dealing with a nuclear-powered nation. if we were to try to attack them, they would virtually wipe
here. they need to be destroyed, and i think you see an increasing tempo of strikes in order to do that. it s interesting you mentioned a red line because it seems that the administration was trying to establish two red lines at once. we have the one to steve s point, larry, against isis. but then you have this second one against north korea, which we know is going to apparently do some sort of demonstration against themselves. this is leon panetta on hardball, talking about the seeming other kind of threat that donald trump is sort of vaguely making that if china can t handle north korea, we would somehow do it. this is leon panetta earlier tonight. the fact is we re dealing with a nuclear-powered nation. if we were to try to attack them, they would virtually wipe out seoul and 20 million people who live in seoul. and if it became a nuclear war, which is likely, millions of lives would be lost. and that s the reason we haven t pulled the trigger.