russias airfield launched this chemical attack to send the message to assad don t do this anymore. the other option we had, which we could have easily done, take a couple more days was to wipe out his entire air force infrastructure. so it was a measured response for overwhelming force. and the other person receiving this message is the president of north korea. so it was a message sending evening. and we wait and see what happens. but we had to coordinate with the russians to do this. very violent. very specific. very accurate and appropriate. it was a message night. ainsley: general, does it send a message also to vladimir putin that president trump is not afraid of him? absolutely. i think it sends a message certainly to putin who is overseeing his client state led by assad here in syria. it sends a signal to him that the united states is not going to tolerate certainly the
what are your message to moms and dads who have kids in our military? well, the president took action not only against assad and his use of chemical weapons against his own people, but he also we have also taken action to protect our forces that are there. as colonel hunt alluded to, we have nearly a thousand troops in syria. we have 5,000 or so plus in iraq and also elsewhere in the region. we took steps to protect our men and women serving over there in certainly within arm s reach of assad and his use and ability to deliver chemical weapons by destroying that airfield. but there is a mess seaj not only to assad, there is a message to putin as i stated. there is also a message to our friends in the region, particularly jordan and egypt and so forth. that we re there to make sure that should, you know, u.s. national security objectives be threatened, that we will act. we will act decisively. we will act with precision. we will act also with discipline. i may also add, again, as th
which stoned american allies and american enemies? pete: that s right joining us now is richard newton and fox news military analyst colonel david hunt. they are both joining us live to react. what signal does this send? is this a new red line we are willing to enforce? good morning, pete. i think it reinforces certainly america is back. not only in the region to globally as well. we have a president who says, you know, states u.s. national security objectives and then if you cross his red line, he will act decisively and disciplined and measured way. it speaks not only to our allies and the friends in the region but globally as well. steve: what s your headline regarding the strike on syria last night? message sent. we launched 60 tomahawk missiles very effectively out of the mediterranean at a specific small airfield but