others said it was politically motivated in an attempt to cover up political problems and power struggles at home and president trump s own domestic concerns. that is a condemnation but a fairly weak one. there is no indication that the syrian military plans to retalia retaliate. there are hundreds of american troops in syria. no talks of potential strikes against him. when you look at the syrian reaction, they seem to be grumbling but not intending to do anything. the russians, pretty much the same. there have been some statements from top russian officials, a statement from putin saying this is a violation of a sovereign country. when moscow wants to express its anger, it knows how to and we haven t seen it so far. if there is a danger right now, it would be that the u.s. is expressing too much confidence. not accepting what seems to have
been a successful mission. it was welcome pretty much all around the world. but it is continuing to press and press moscow. there is this talk of an investigation now into moscow s alleged role. that could be, that could escalate things dramatically at a time when the situation seems to be passing and seems to have been from an american perspective, fairly successful. thank you. let me go to you and pick up on what richard just said. so given the lay of the land over there, it is enormously complex. there are so many different factions all involved in some way in syria. what happens now? nikki haley was talking about a political resolution. is that reali iftrealistic? is the u.s. better off stepping back again? well, this is big question. because the question of what comes next, what comes after the strike is really a question that