Western governments seem to be in no doubt that president Bashir Al Assad is responsible for what appears to be a deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Idlib Province which has killed dozens of people including at least eleven children and injured hundreds more. The foreign secretary Boris Johnson said if proved then it is a war crime. The Un Security Council is holding an Emergency Meeting tomorrow to discuss the attack. If assad is the culprit, something the Syrian Regime denies, then it is surely evidence that he believes he can act with impunity not least because russia is his ally, and the white house has recently stated its priority is not removing assad but defeating is. But today the white house pointed the finger of blame at barak obama saying that these heinous actions are a consequence of the last administrations weakness and irresolution. President obama said in 2012 he would establish a red line against the use of Chemical Weapons and then he did nothing. Before we discuss the
national security council meeting before going over there. doesn t have an adviser who is an expert on chemical weapons. he is doing this all on his own instinct. he is saying as much, and that makes him a very difficult person to deal with, whether you re a long-standing u.s. ally or a chief of staff or another staffer in the white house. john, this is a real putdown to the people that are serving him, a real putdown. these people aren t helping me here. i don t need to have briefing books. i don t need any help. these people are a bunch of losers around here. i m the only winner. that s an amazing statement for from a person leading a team. how do you do that and expect that team to perform for you? well you say it recently. it s not just sort of low level staffers. thena team of five of his senior most officials in the administration to china to negotiate trade. it was the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, the economic adviser larry kudlow and wilbur ross. they come back and tr