The region were supportive. The reaction from syrians has been positive but measured. Of course, people welcome some retaliation for such a horrendous act, a Chemical Attack against your own people, Syrian People are going to be positive about anything that retaliates against that, to show that in an International Community that is not acceptable. It is also measured in the sense that syrians would say that is good, but why are there no similar reactions when there is attacks when the Syrian Regime throws barrel bombs on us or when there are Chlorine Gas Attacks . There was also a reservation in terms of what is this actually mean . Does this change anything on the ground . Is this a recalculation in terms of us policy . It has been clear that they have been keen to stress this doesnt change its policy, it is a one off strike of retaliation for those Chemical Attacks. The trouble with these things is that often Military Attacks have their own calculation. When we look at the syria conf
The region were supportive. The reaction from syrians has been positive but measured. Of course, people welcome some retaliation for such a horrendous act, a Chemical Attack against your own people, Syrian People are going to be positive about anything that retaliates against that, to show that in an International Community that is not acceptable. It is also measured in the sense that syrians would say that is good, but why are there no similar reactions when there is attacks when the Syrian Regime throws barrel bombs on us or when there are Chlorine Gas Attacks . There was also a reservation in terms of what is this actually mean . Does this change anything on the ground . Is this a recalculation in terms of us policy . It has been clear that they have been keen to stress this doesnt change its policy, it is a one off strike of retaliation for those Chemical Attacks. The trouble with these things is that often Military Attacks have their own calculation. When we look at the syria conf
This week we look at the consequences of americas air strikes on president assads air base. And we discuss the relations between beijing and washington. My guests this week are the china expert isabel hilton, the north American Writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and rachel shabi, a writer on Middle Eastern affairs. Welcome to you all. The horrific pictures of the gas attack in syria have brought a swift american missile attack. Rachel, how is this seen in The Middle East . Where do we go from here . It seems to have support for trumps reports. There was praise for the courageous move. The king of saudi arabia praised the move. Bahrain, jordan, turkey. Israel, so the allies in the region were supportive. The reaction from syrians has been positive but measured. Of course, people welcome some retaliation for such a horrendous act, a Chemical Attack against your own people, Syrian People are going to be positive about anything that retaliates against that, to show that in an Internati
i m jessica yellin. tonight we re live in italy as the certainly for survivors aboard a capsized cruise ship becomes more urgent and dangerous. we ll also take you inside the ultimate and deadly serious video game. see how captains are taught to handle ships the size of skyscrapers and avoid disasters like the one off the coast of italy. also this hour, we re releasing new numbers from our brand new poll. what voters think about the economy might be good news for the obama campaign. we begin in italy where late today search crews finally were able to go back inside a capsized cruise ship looking for any sign of survivors who may be trapped alive. just a short time ago, officials raised the number of missing to 29, including 25 passengers and four crew members. time is running out. the ship hit the rocks off the western italian coast on friday night, killing at least six people. when the captain and a number of crew members abandoned ship, thousands of passengers were left to