putin and iran on the atrocities in syria for more than seven years, more, i don t know, maybe 700,000 people got killed. millions of people got displaced. it s not just about the chemical weapons. i lived for two years under siege and bombardment. i used to eat from the trash cans alongside the other civilians under siege just like the people in douma and eastern ghouta who has been enduring siege for many years. i will tell the international community you should do something right now to save whoever is left in douma. people are forced to flee. women will be detained and raped. men will be slaughtered. children will be killed, just like they do each and every single time. because it happened in my town. i survived it. i ask ambassador nikki haley to resign because two months ago i went to her office in new york and i told her assistants that my friends on the ground are telling me that the assad regime
you re challenged, you have to back them up. so now the president is probably going to have to order some reaction. and i know the pentagon has probably provided him with a range of options be they missile strikes, some sort of air strike. but he is also forced into action now. of course when you see the images on tv, you understand that we ve got to do something. and what would you expect to be the outcome here, the response from the united states? well, i think we re probably do very much what we did a year ago. if you remember, it s almost exactly one year when we launched the attack on the air base, the air base responsible for the attack. we may see a similar strike on whatever base they believe launched this attack. of course, this was dropped by helicopters. they can come out of anywhere. but you ve got to send a message to the syrians. will it have a military effect? no. will it change the outcome? no. are the syrians going to win? yes.
has been cast and there is not much more to be done. that said, there is a lot more about whether the millions and millions of euros that it sent to hungary in subsidies from brussels where the eu is headquartered, whether those funds could be cut if the democratic backsliding in hungary continues. patrick kingsley, thank you so much for your time and perspective live in london today. thank you. and this just in to cnn. russia claims israel has carried out an air strike on a syrian air base. the russian defense ministry says israel struck from lebanon without entering syrian airspace. there is no response yet from israel. this comes amid heightened tensions in syria after an alleged chemical attack on a former rebel stronghold outside damascus. well, on tuesday, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will be grilled by members of the u.s.
notoriously bellicose reputation. he is in fact sort of feared in a way from both the democrats and the republicans who find him to be ever so eager to start the machines of war. so it will be interesting to see what influence he has on the president. what s very fascinating to watch is whether it s with the a trade war with china, whether it s responding in syria, you see an american president who seems to be animated by anger. that could be ainge other tonight home front. it could be anger in terms of diplomacy. the president wants to sort of respond because there is indignation there is anger. so it will be interesting to see if john bolton plays into that, for he is able to, jesus christ, act as a fair broker among the different expertise of the defense and the intelligence agencies, to propose a palliative options to the president. certainly history, such as the buildup to the iraq invasion in 2003 would indicate that you have a new national security adviser who isn t fearful of p
is planning a large scale chemical weapons attack. all what they did is simply ignoring me. joining me now to talk more about this is cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona. rick, good to see you. now according to rescuers, dozens of people were killed in douma. hundreds more were exposed to toxic gases. but syria s government and russia deny any involvement in this suspected chemical attack. is there any other credible explanation for what happened particularly when you look at those disturbing images? no. there is no other explanation. if you look at where this is, this is the last remaining enclave to the east of damascus. it s completely surround by syrian ground forces. they re pounding it daily with artillery and air. they completely control all access to this area. if there was any attack at all, it was done by the syrians.