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Of a 20-year war. those blackhawks were not given to the taliban. they were given to the afghan national security forces to defend themselves at the specific request of president ghani that came and asked for additional air capability, among other things. the president had a choice. he could not give it to them with the risk it would fall into the talibans hands eventually or give it to them with the hope they could deploy service of defending their country. both of those options had risks. he h...

This is on the west coast in an enclave. and there is al qaeda in there which we think it was used against. not sure it was used against civilians. there is not much media in that area. probably take a while to sort through this. any time suspected chemical use by assad is being revealed, you have to lean a little towards the likelihood that its true. he has the track record of having done it. >> bill: he is hanging onto power. a bit of a story that has fallen off the raid area. two years ago a ...

Fully met, the american military might be deepening its involvement in syria instead of reducing it before leaving. >> i think the presence of turkey woke up and thought it might not be such a good idea to ask us to leave. last week alone we took 400 strikes against the islamic state. turkey doesnt have the capability we have come of the logistics, the air capability our counterinsurgency tactics and strategy that turkey doesnt have. when youve got iran and russia busy mounting chemical weapons ...

Are so extensive that if fully met the american military might be keeping its involvement in syria instead of reducing it before leaving. >> president erdogan woke up and maybe thought it wasnt such a good idea to ask us to leave. just last week alone we took 400 strikes against the islamic state, turkey doesnt have the capabilities we have, the logistics, the air capability. our counterinsurgency tactics and strategy the turkey doesnt have and then youve got iran and russia mounting chemical we...

Twofold, one to eliminate isis geographic space and destroy them and then secondly to eventually to induce iran to remove their military capability from syria, thats a very difficult long-term challenge but one that the israelis would appreciate. are 2,000 troops coupled with air capability, they have been able to provide train and assist, assistance to kurds, i think we have done a lot obviously to combat isis, certainly the russians and the syrians and the iranians arent doing it. as far as ge...

>> trump says hes going to pay a big price. if he doesnt pay a big price, then he looks weak in the eyes of our allies. so this is the most consequential decision hell make. he said assad is going to pay a big price. that big price has to include the destruction of his air capability and putting him on the target list. anything less i dont think is a big price. >> barbara starr is live in the pentagon. barbara, were about to hear from the white house, but until then, what options are on the tabl...

Were going to hold the territory without some american involvement. and if you dont understand that syria is crucial to regional stability in our national security, youre making a huge mistake. >> at this moment, we dont know how the president is going to respond. if he doesnt respond with military action, if he doesnt do that, if he says lets go to the u.n. and discuss, what does that mean to you? >> would be the biggest mistake of his presidency. good luck getting north korea to change their b...

So at the end of the day, you got to have a military response that destroys assads capability to do it yet again. >> barbara was laying out, it is tough to decide what option to hit. what is a good option? you would be forced to take out the air force, but doesnt sound like taking out the air force would have stopped if the chemical attacks come out of a helicopter. >> well, if their bases cant used for fighter jets, thats a step in the right direction. i would go after all the infrastructure ar...

That is our mission. our mission isnt over, and we are going to complete that mission. >> shepard: same time. john bus is i is here to talk about all of it, associate editor at the "wall street journal." the "wall street journals" parent company and fox news parent company share common ownership. hes aware we are fighting a proxy war with the russians and the iranians there in syria, right? >> not just isis, right? >> shepard: no. >> the isis fight isnt over, as soon as you declare it over, gues...

Wants to force a big nuclear power to withdraw from its own territories. pentagon officials tonight are calling on china to reduce tensions. how could the u.s. deny china access to those islands? >> if the u.s. wanted to deny access, how would they do it? >> presumably you start, you would want to start with a naval blockade. cuba missile crisis in the modern era. this is a lot of space to cover. i would assume youre talking about blocking access to the seven islands theyre trying to occupy out ...