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Isis troops in the northeast of the country and russian planes in the area as well. are you concerned about what the obama administration was concerned about, about some kind of of slippery slope, getting dragged into something that was perhaps not foreseen or not wanted. i think you always have to think about it. it has to be part of a larger strategy, and have a lot of confidence in general matt is, so the folks around him, so that remains to be seen, but i think a very strong message that there s going to be a different tone set, especially with russia, assad and of course the iranians who are supporting assad. gorsuch, which has your task, you know you are fine with the nuclear option broadbandic voked. in the larger sense, people are worried that the standard is lower is that we ll have ....
Than what president trump did yesterda yesterday. 78 hours of attacks. okay. i m sorry. imprecision. the question is, should president trump do more? because there are other air fields there that could be attacked in the same way and, as i understand it, the presentation to him was if you attack six of these, the big ones, you can, for practical purposes, eliminate assad s air power, at least temporarily. should they take another squeeze here or should there be more attacks? i think they have to pause for the moment, quoting the chinese strategist again. he said be prudent but not hesitant. i think the prudence comes in to say let s look at the damage that s been done, the reaction that s coming back. ....
Learner. you re going to learn this. you mastered the american political system. right. so now you re going to have to make these kinds of decisions. and this is going to potentially have an effect on him. now, remember, as president obama usedo always say, in these matters there is never 100% certainty that you ve done the right thing. and assad can do things. putin can do things. the iranians can do things. there are players here who can make a move on the chess board that s quite dramatic. and then the question is, can this team, national security team function? that s right. by the way, there s not certainty even 100 years later, david ignatius, 100 years after the united states entered world war i, we were having debates online yesterday on whether that was the move to make. so you never know for sure. i want to talk really quickly ....
Get no respect. he wants respect. we should not give it to him. he has enabled assad to carry out these heinous crimes. he is equally responsible for that. i think what we have to do is continue to point out that russia is now supporting a criminal operation. being criminal in itself by supporting it. i think that combination with other economic measures will help bring about at least an ability to negotiate a solution. joe, the responsibility that putin holds here, isn t that something we need to hear from trump here at some point? no doubt about it. and i do, though, think there were so many things that happened strategically last night that i want to follow up on what the secretary said. we did send a message, mr. secretary, to syria and assad. we also sent a message, of course, to the chinese. ....
Chess board. it s hard to say this was a mistake. like everything else in the middle east two weeks from now we could be scratching our heads on deeper issues. of course but do you support the president s action last night or do you oppose the president s action last night? i don t mind that he took the action that he did. does that mean jim, does that mean that you support it? he accepts it. no. again, i accept it. i think it s important that assad get the message and that, frankly, others get the message around the world that when they step over the line into the use of unconventional weapons they re taking a significant risk. somebody might take away their air force. i don t think that s a bad message to send. let s move to, i was going to say, the other big news of the day. there were actually about 87 stories yesterday. where do you want to go? spin the wheel. nunes, chairman of your committee, decided to step down from the russian investigation, ....