policy planning for the state department, she tweeted this. donald trump has done the right thing on syria, finally, after years of useless handwringing in the face of hideous atrocities. a strong letter to follow there, obviously world reactions, and we re going to cover it all. tom rogan, columnist for national review, ab started, associate editor, charlie hurt, opinion editor for the washington times, and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. i think it was absolutely the right thing to do. president trump didn t just act, he acted quickly, i think he notes, he has put himself in a position of strength going forw, the sitting arab monarchy is relieved, helps with their impetus, but on on the specific issue of the rule of law in the world, i think trump
airfield. jon: you mentioned a strike on the airfield. there are six airbases that bashar al-assad controls. the u.s. could have gone a lot farther than it did. do you suggest that this is roughly proportional? is this about right in proportion to compare to what assad did launching the chemical attack? that is the thing. wmd use on your own civilian population is out of proportion. if we looked it up, there would be tens of many more times people killed in the previous week by a conventional munitions but because of his violation of agreements that we and the international community have made with russia and syria, it was proportional. we look for proportionality. but that does not mean this cannot happen again tonight. if he has other airfields, and i am sure we are close in monitoring activity at those other airfields, so it is not beyond the pale that there will be other strikes on other airfields to come if the indicators of other chemical
we were fully justified in doing so. the moral state of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough. but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al-assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. now while the syrian regime is responsible for the chemical weapons attack, it is not the only guilty party. the iranian government bears a heavy responsibility. it has popped up and shielded serious brutal dictator for years. iran continues to play a role in the bloodshed in syria. the russian government also bears considerable responsibility. every time assad has crossed the line of human decency, russia has stood beside him.
get worse, and i think donald trump would go to congress if you wanted to declare war on syria. again, i think this is a big mistake to escalate this any further but, you know, is assad going to use chemical weapons again, is he going to hit hospitals and schools? or is he going to have hezbollah, which has bases within syria commit to it for him. it gets so ugly. i hope we are done with this now. investor nikki haley said they don t want to have to do mo do more if that s what it comes down to. focusing on syria s reaction, not ours. she was very strong on this, i think it s important to send that message, and the united states showed that we are a strong country, we are prepared to act alone and decisively. i think the president made the right call with going ahead and proceeding versus going to congress, then you would lose any kind of element of surprise,
least once since the tomahawk strike last night. president trump did not call president putin last night, but they gave russia s military a1 always heads up that the strike was coming and the target was the shayrat airbase where they were up to 100 russian troops when the tomahawk said. bret: jennifer, thank you. the u.s. embassy in moscow escorting american citizens in russia to exercise the highest levels of vigilance and situational awareness given the current political climate. the advisory says the potential for large-scale demonstrations, personal harassment, and increased anti-american sentiment is elevated. many members of congress say the president needs to come to them before any further military action in syria, but the reviews for their states show of force have been generally good paid chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. i think the president had the authority to do what he did.