the kosovo operation. i just think that if we are to undertake strikes, they ought to be effective and what s being considered now is really more symbolic than it is significant. jon: going after air force targets, for instance, may be cratering runways. i m all for cratering runways, okay? then don t tell the syrian regime we re going to hit these runways where your republican guard units are stationed, where your soviet attack helicopters are stationed. they re just going to move them. it s the most extraordinary thing. i ve never seen an administration so precisely leak what it intends to do with a military strike. it could be a great head fake and if so, all power to the administration. what it seems they re doing is telegraphing our war plans to hur enemy. jon: isn t the problem here iran? iran is supporting the syrian
how much wigging room did the administration leave? there are a lot of diplomatic hurdles but a lot of pressure from france and britain but from democrats and republicans within the house of representatives and the senate here in washington. secretary clinton made it clear here today that the united states not only doesn t want to go forward for a no-fly zone without the help of nato and western allies, particularly in europe. but they also want the approval of the united nations. john kerry, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee has talked about cratering runways. stopping gadhafi, limiting his ability to get airborne, to fight back against the rebels. it s a tactical one in that the