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I think the equitable point in terms of what charles has said, charlie is saying about the notion of, what did trump do, interesting that we have u.s. army rangers in the north. what are the ranges tasked with doing? seizing airfields. im sure one of the options presented was an incursion by that regard. if he didnt do that, that suggests he wanted the response that was least likely to inflame some of those. >> this is my two chuck panel here, by the way. >> what he wanted to do here or send a m...

Also present, but taking a back seat, recently demoted chief strategist steve bannon. the photo edited. the papers made blank, to protect classified information. its a remarkable turn for a man who has consistently urged an america first approach to war and peace. syria, he once said, is not americas problem. but this week, the president saw those images. the horrors of children hit with deadly nerve gas. >> i will tell you, that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. big impact. >...

He did alert the russians to it. they called it deconflicting. the russians backing assad would have alerted the syrians to this and allow syrians to get out of place before these air strikes happen. on the one hand, yes, president trump did send a strong message. at the same time it was a message where the consequences for the russians and syrians were reduced, thats for sure. >> they use weapons that wont harm the runways of that airfields. they know exactly how much they are limiting the dama...

Others. there is the new emerging alliance of jordanians, egyptians, the saudis, and the israelis to prevent iranian hegemony in the region, whatever alliance they might have with russia or syria and assad. >> absolutely, thats the push to try to stop this sheer crescent that was evolving over the last eight years. they really felt emboldened, the iranians, the russians, bashar al-assad, they were conducting chemical weapons attacks we know based on evidence that they were not dispersed, not pus...

>> we have choices. if you think the last eight years were a good idea, lets keep doing it. if you dont, we ought to back the president but also recognize this is the beginning. this is only the first step. if we want to succeed, were going to have to step by step do a lot more. >> just hours before the u.s. strike we heard hillary clinton push for a military response to chemical attacks. >> i really believe that we should have and still should take out his airfields and prevent him from being a...

Groups like hezbollah and other others. there is the new emerging alliance of jordanians, egyptians, the saudis, and the israelis to prevent iranian hegemony in the region, whatever alliance they might have with russia or syria and assad. >> absolutely, thats the push to try to stop this sheer crescent that was evolving over the last eight years. they really felt emboldened, the iranians, the russians, bashar al-assad, they were conducting chemical weapons attacks we know based on evidence that ...

Position. >> reporter: they are looking to the united states in how much strength we have shown. is it enough in your opinion for that purpose? >> there was. my concern is what comes after. >> we talk about the tactics, do you have airfields or blowup the jets themselves, do you hit weapons storage facility? what is the strategy? >> to seize land from isis, on the eastern part of the country, the balance of power will change at that point. >> going forward, assad stays or goes or should we stop ...

Slaughtered people of chemical weapons but allowed us to eliminate isis or support the overthrow of bashar al-assad after the disasters of libya, yemen and and the semi disaster of iraq and we determine the take out of bashar al-assad whether or not the russians wanted us to. nobody in the country wants to have a reality check. those are the only choices that i see. shes going much further right now than the president did yesterday. hes not taking out the airfields. hes hitting some targets.

There are challenges in taking on these kinds of strikes. if we go down here to mezze, it is believed to have a number of air defense systems capabilities, but a strike against mezze airfield would result in a lot of civilian casualties and that is not something the u.s. can afford at this stage. it is an area that the israelis have struck in the past when they have wanted to send a message. >> is it a fair assumption to believe there would be russian personnel at most of those major airfields? ...

Mar-a-lago about what the options are. theres basically two ideas, a limited strike against the airfields of bashar al assads warplanes to launch that attack on those people in northern syria. that would only be sending a message to bashar al assad and the world that donald trump wants this type of behavior to change. if he wants to have a broader action, to take out assads chemical weapons capability, that is a much larger list of targets. that is airfield, aircraft, helicopt helicopters, barre...