with you. words of support from the air strike came from great britain and saudi arabia which held the president s courageous decision. from those countries from which condemnation would be suspected, condemnation swiftly came. iran foreign minister tweeting this morning about what u.s. aides saddam s use of chemical weapons than resorts to military force over bogus chemical weapons allegations first and 2003, reference thereto the iraq war, and now in syria. not even two decades after 9/11, u.s. military fighting on the same side as he keita in ices in yemen in, time to stop hikes and coverups peered russia, given an hour s notice, to the strike at its client state by bringing a violation of international law and shutting down, at least for a line like time, the lines of key mitigation our country and use russia have been using for military operations do not conflict. while previous initiatives of this kind have been presented as efforts to combat terrorism, the
u.s. air strike on syria, guided missile destroyer uss porter played a major role in launching that attack. now a russian warship in the eastern mediterranean is heading toward the border, and another navy destroyer that launched those strikes. the developments raising serious questions about what comes next. a piece in the washington post reads the biggest difference that trump and his commanders confront now is the presence of russian troops on the battlefield and russian air defense systems that are capable of shooting down u.s. planes. today, russian troops are intermingled with the syrian forces, and any strike on a syrian military target could also produce russian military casualties. mitchell is a retired u.s. army special forces lieutenant colonel and national guardsmen. let s talk about the latest development, the russian ship steaming toward the u.s.
worth noting that the eighth edition of the isis online magazine was posted thursday and the group posted a new kill list targeting british and american citizens earlier this week. spew jon: dangerous times, catherine herridge, our chief intelligence correspondent, thank you. julie: lawmakers on capitol hill responding to president trump s military strike on syria, getting support from both sides of the aisle. other members of congress, they think they should be involved going forward. listen. it was the right thing to do. number one, it was legal, had to be done, he was in violation of an agreement that we were guarantors of. there is no legal justification for this. president trump s doing this finally waking up to the atrocities in syria is a good thing, but he should not have done this without coming to congress. this president reacted to events which were so horrific that it required american reaction. the question is what comes next? is he going to continue to use f
today the reason i voted for donald trump, two reasons. the president said last night in his statement that the vital security interests of the united states prevent allowing the spread of chemical weapons, but that was the right thing to do, that that was the justification. mitch mcconnell said in 2013, speaking to obama, does the use of chemical weapons pose a threat, the answer is obvious. no, it doesn t. what syria and isis have done since those years might change calculations. in addition, in 2013, it was president obama who said, if they cross this redline and he didn t. the congress, the republican congress, refused to give obama obama that was not why. dana, this is my energy
welcome back to the five. a few final thoughts now on what is next after last nights strike in syria. greg? i don t know what s next. i know i have a show tomorrow night with you you and rob o n, spent a lot of time on this topic, i hope everybody will tune in and check that out. yes, i turned this into one more thing. you ll be disciplined by me later. we would have jasper here for his one more thing, it is his birthday, but that is an appropriate today. i think the president did not solve any problems but he did put america back on the geopolitical map in a big way. i don t know the consequences will be, but i do think that now