what used to be syria and iraq and the middle east. and we need to think about how to e4reu78 nate isis in a way that minimizes the upside impact for assad, for hezbollah. for the baghdad regime and for iran. so this strike against assad s regime i think is very important for the beginning of constructing the post isis middle east. i think for the larger world i couldn t imagine anything being more convenient than this strike occurring while president trump was having dinner with president xi jinping. pete: certainly sends adversary. they play by the rules and they won t in this instance. whether it s the assad regime or the russians pushes out propaganda saying the u.s. killed civilians, they were reckless. this is an overreach. how do we win the narrative on this to keep it exactly where we want it. fackets are always helpful. we gave them advanced warning. we targeted a military base that we believed was the source of the strike that used