steve: andrew, for people who have not known what s been going on in that neck of the woods for a while and you write about that in a op-ed today in the new york daily news, the syrian war has been going on it s been a civil war for the last six years. half a million people have been murdered by assad. and, yet, it was finally these images of the 80 who were gassed on tuesday that got the world s attention. absolutely. and, in fact, you know, to putin s point, calling these strikes against international law. the precedent of international law is clear just like nato s bombing of kosovo in 1989. if there are crimes against humanity of this scale such that they effect regional stability, member states are entitled to move against to take action against the perpetrators to restore international stability and bring those who are committing those crimes to justice. steve: just a second ago the iranian foreign minister zoo
and that has to start with defeating isis and achieving regional stability and within kind of the ball cannization of syria as well with all of those different groups operating in some different areas and laying political groundwork for assad to be removed from power and somebody else put in who will maintain stability. here is what the secretary of state said yesterday, listen. there is no doubt in our minds annual the information we have supports that syria, the syria region under the leadership of bashar al assad are responsible for this attack. and i think further it is very important that the russian government consider carefully their continued support for the assad regime. of course, assad a patron or at least russia a patron of the assad ar regime. though they indicated lacy week that their support for bashar al assad conditional.