reveal secret intelligence or methods and strategies of intelligence. but to, again, have the fbi look at the simulator. to have the australians come in and provide more information to the australians, the chinese, and it s only logical that the chances for recovery would have been done a lot sooner. before i let you go, i have to switch gears to north korea, continues to be a threat to the united states. defense secretary chuck hagel has said he s sending two more missile destroyers to japan. he wants better cooperation. does he have a shot? yes. i think secretary hagel is right. i think part of this is in response to what happened in crimea. japan is concerned that the lack of will the mixed signals the u.s. showed in crimea and the ukraine could also occur in the dispute between japan and china over the islands in the east china sea and also with north korea now, actually threatening more missile sites, tests.
go to congress. that s one reason. the second reason is what happened in britain showed there s a lot of weariness about this intervention and if obama has congress onboard, this goes from being obama s intervention in syria to being the american intervention in syria. he gets stronger support because he has congress behind him if both houses pass this. there s a logical decision here. jack, to you. u.s. forces are primed for action in syria. the navy has five guided missile destroyers and missile launching submarine in the mediterranean. along with other assets in that region as well. the president is still calling for military action. let s listen to that. he has made the decision he believes we need to take a military strike but the military understands that whether that happens this week or next week is not going to make the difference with respect to sending the message. how do you think the president s decision to delay this is sitting with military
u.s. military look weak and intea ice issive. in term of the number of forces now in the eastern med, clearly, if this stretch out more than a week or so, they re going to have to start looking at rotating and relieving some of these ships already in there for some maintenance issues. so it is likely that we could see a temporary decrease in the number of five guided missile destroyers in the eastern med. now down to what had been a long term two destroyer patrol for some time there. in the vicinity of syria. and as far as general dempsey go, he was unaware of the president s decision until he showed up at the white house today. and as you mentioned, he is probably very relieved. because you know, he has all sorts of reservations about military action in syria. and now military official feel they have a little decision space to come up with a more thoughtful and thorough plan,
so it s likely that we could see a temporary decrease in the number of five guided missile destroyers in the eastern med now, down to what had been a long-term two destroyer patrol for some time there in the vicinity of syria. and as far as general dempsey goes, he was unaware of the president s decision until he showed up at the white house today. and as you mentioned, he is probably very relieved because, you know, he has all sorts of reservations about military action in syria. and now military officials feel they have a little decision space to come up with a more thoughtful and thorough plan, andrea. mik and colonel jack, i wanted to play a little bit of john kerry yesterday where he talks about the credibility of the u.s. being on the line. let s watch. it is directly related to our credibility and whether countries still believe the
could cause problems in syria. the next step will be for the white house to release a classified document detailing what they say is evidence that the syrian regime is responsible for a devastating chemical weapons attack in syria last week. that would lay the groundwork for what would likely be a wave of cruise miss ill strikes fired from missile destroyers on stand by off the coast of syria. the administration is making the case that would give the president cover if he bypasses congress. national security is strengthened we hold accountable those who violate international for norms that is the foundation of american security. at the same time the white house is clear this is not about regime changes, period.