don t plan on just a one and done. you have to plan as a military commander against capabilities, not against assumptions. biggest mistake we made in the last iraq conflict is we made assumptions and threw away the plan that existed. you have to believe that if they have the capability to respond, they will, which means you have to put in measures and capabilities to counter that and to take it to the next step. so the big question for the political leaders that give us that mission is and then what this what happen physician the air strikes lead to some sort of retaliation? what s next? how many forces will it require to build up and provide security in the gulf? for our forces our allies and others. a military planner doesn t look at this as simply one strike and over. obviously the united states public very war weary. how realistic is the notion do you think that the israelis might strike unilaterally if
on the president s trip to russia, thank you. military planner, keeping their options open. our tom foreman and retired major general spider marks look at some of the strategies the u.s. could unleach if the president goes ahead. hey suzanne, hey, victor. what we know about this plan, most of all is is that it s still evolving. we talked about the idea of ships coming into the mediterranean, unleashinging a barrage of cruise missiles into syria. but missiles can be launched from not only ships but can be dropped from aircraft and submarines. is it possible that we could see all of these at work? tom, i m expecting all of these to be employed. i m expectinging submarines, they are already positioned in the eastern mediterranean. they re available for use. this is a picture of a b-52. i d also expect to see b-2s
and that s just going to get a lot worse. all of this we saw during the kosovo war. general marks, you ve been to battle. going into battle, do you ever do you always believe it could be much worse than anticipated? anderson, that s the only contemplation you make if you re worth anything and you re a military planner. there is never a guaranty that the outcome is going to look like anything you ve drawn up. we ve got to leave it there. all of this comes as the obama administration is in the thick of a full court press behind closed doors for military action in syria. just days left to make their case before next week s votes in the house and the senate and the g-20 summit in st. petersburg the issue loomed large. president obama and president putin smiled for cameras, but they won t be meeting one on one during the summit. back home, u.s. lawmakers are fanning out.
much increased refugee flow. you have 2 million refugees, one million of them children and that will get worse. all of this we saw, by the way, during the kosovo war. general marks, you ve been to battle and i mean, going into battle, do you ever do you always believe it could be much worse than anticipated, that it could end up being much bigger than the planners think it will be off the beginning? anderson, that s the only contemplation you make if you re a military planner there is never a guarantee the outcome will look anything like the way you draw it up on a white board. the anticipation is everything will go sideways and have to start to handicap against the different scenarios and legitimately address them and in this particular case, you can choose to start an engagement, you don t choose to end it and the way this thing can unravel
million of them children. and that s just going to get a lot worse. all of this we saw during the kosovo war. general marks, you ve been to battle. going into battle, do you ever do you always believe it could be much worse than anticipated? anderson, that s the only contemplation you make if you re worth anything and you re a military planner. there is never a guarantee that the outcome is going to look like anything you ve drawn up. we ve got to leave it there. thank you. all of this comes as the obama administration is in the thick of a full court press behind closed doors for military action in syria. just days left to make their case before next week s votes in the house and the senate and the g-20 summit in st. petersburg the issue loomed large. the focus of that meeting is economic. president obama and president putin smiled for cameras, but their positions could not be further apart.